Jainism in Rajasthan

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VI JAINA SÁSTRABILANDĀRAS
191 Chlājūlāla Sāha kī Gali Chaukaļi Modi Khānā. These manuscripts are written in Hindi and Sanskrit languages
(15) SĀSTRABHANDĀRA OF KĀLĀCHHĀBARĀ JAINA TEMPLE: There are 410 manuscripts in the Sāstrabhandāra of Kālāchhābarā Jaina temple. These manuscripts deal with the subjects like religion, Purāna, Kathū, Pajū and stotra. The gutakās, which are 106 in number, contain a good collection of Hindi works written by Jaina and non-Jaina authors
(86) SĀSTRABHANDĀRA OF MEGHARAJAJI TEMPLE: It is a small collection of 249 manuscripts. It is concerned with the subjects like Pīlja, Purhula, stotia etc.
(17) SARASVATI BHAVANA OF JAINA TEMPLE YAŚODĀNANDAJĪ: This Bhaņdāra was established by Yatı Yasodānandaji in about 1791 AD. The total number of manuscripts and guitakūs is 353 and 45 respectively. Most of these manuscripts are related to Pīja, Stotra and Purāna. The Pattāvalīs of the emperors of Delhi and Hindi songs written in praise of Bhattāraka Dharmakīrti are worth mentioning.
Besides, there are some collections in the possession of Srīpūjya Dharmendrasūri, Yati of Pārsvachandra Gachchha, Lucknow Sakhā and Yati Syāmalāla
SĀSTRABHAŅDĀRA, SIKAR: In the Jaina temple called Badāmandıra of Bīsapanthīs at Sikar, there is a good collection of manuscripts. The total number of manuscripts is 532, written in different languages.
JAINA SĀSTRABHAŅDĀRAS DAUSĀ: There are two Jaina temples possessing separate Bhandāras. The Sāstrabhaņdāra of Bīsapanthīs Mandıra contains only 177 manuscripts including the gutakās. Most of the manuscripts are written in Hindı. The Vilhanašasikalāprabandha is a fine work of the seventeenth century A.D. with Hindi commentary by the poet Sāranga. The work runs both in Sanskrit and Hindi. Another Sāstrabhandāra contains only 150 manuscripts. The manuscript of Chatun dasagımasthāna is a rare one, written by Akhayarāja in Hindi prose.
SASTRABHANDĀRA OF MAUJAMĀBĀDA: There are about four hundred manuscripts written in Sanskrit, Prākrit, Apabhramśa and Hindi. The earliest manuscript is the Pravachanasāra of Kundakunda copied in the fifteenth century AD There are three copies of Jasaharachariu of Pushpadanta