Jainism in Rajasthan

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JAINISM IN RAJASTHAN
place. Majority of the manuscripts are in Hindi, and they belong to the eigteenth and nineteenth centuries A manuscript named Mallınūthacharita in Hindi by Sevārāma Pāšanī, the native of this place, is an original copy written by the author himself in 1793 A D. There is also a collection of manuscripts in the Sāstrabhandāra of the temple of Baļīpañchāyati Manuscripts of this Bhaņdāra belong to a period between the fifteenth and the seventeenth centuries. The oldest manuscript named Bhagavatīsītra written at Mandalgarh belonged to 1454 A.D. There are also copies of the important manuscripts such as Şaďadar sanasamuchchaya of Rājahamsa in Sanskrit, Bhavisadattachan in by Srīdhara in Apabhraṁsa, Ātrānusāsana of Guņabhadra and Jambītsvānīcharitra by Sakalakīrti in Sanskrit. .
The Granthabhandāra in the Jaina temple of old Deeg contains 101 manuscripts. Some of the manuscripts are very rare. The Sanskrit work named Vikramacharitra of Rāmachandrasūri composed in 1423 A.D. is not generally available in other Bhandāras except here. A copy of the Jinagunavilāsa of Nathamala was composed in 1765 A D. in Hindi. The Bhramai agīta of Mukundadāsa is noteworthy. The Hindi translation of Vasumandīsrāvakachūra composed in 1850 AD. at Amber is also one of the new manuscripts. The Chanbīsī Tī thankarapīrjū composed by Chunnīlāla in Hindi in 1857 AD. is a rare manuscript.
SĀSTRABHAŅDĀRAS OF KAMĀ: There is a good collection of 578 manuscripts including gutakās in the Jaina Sāstrabhaņdāra of Khandelavāla Jaina Mandira Kāmā. Some of the important manuscripts, which deserve mention, are as follows (1) Pandavacharitra by Devaprabhasűri in Sanskrit copied in 1397 AD (2) A commentary on the Atmūnusāsana in Sanskrit by Prabhāchandra (3) A commentary on Samayasara made by Subhachandra in Sanskrit in 1916 AD. (4) Jmarātıīvratamābūtnya dated 1480 A.D in Sanskrit by Muni Padmapandi. (s) Prabodhachintūman by Rājasekhara copied 10 1348 AD. (6) Dašalakshanakathi by Harichanda in Apabhramśa dated 1467 A.D. (7) Dharmapanchavimšatı in Apabhramśa by Bramhajınadāsa containing 26 gāthās is a rare manuscript. (8) The Pār svapuräna of Padmakīru was written in 1917 A.D. for presenting it to Muni Narendrakīrti. (9) Sangraharīsītrabhūshū was translated in Rājasthānī prose by Dayāhamsagani. (10) Yasastılaka Chanpai by Somadevasūri was copied in 1403 A.D. (11) Atmaprabodha by Kumārakavi