Jainism in Rajasthan

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STRABHANDĀRAS
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was copied in 1490 AD. at Sripathānagara. This manuscript is important as it mentions another name of Bayānā as Srīpathānagara. The gutaka No. 331 of this Bhandāra is also of some significance as it comprises several Hindi works written in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by various authors
There is also a small Sāstrabhandāra in Agravāla Panchāyatīmandıra, Kāmā It contains only nos manuscripts. The Pradyumnacharita dated 1254 AD is incomplete.
SĀSTRABHANDĀRAS OF BAYANĀ. The total number of the manuscripts is 150, out of which Hindi manuscripts are in majority. The following manuscripts of this Granthabhandāra deserve mention: (1) Viatavdhāna pilja by Amarachanda Luhādıyā in Hindi. (2) Chandi aprabhapuräna composed by Jinendrabhūshana in 1794 AD in Hindi. (3) Blībubalıcharitra by Kumudachandra composed in 1410 A.D. in Hindi. (4) Nemināthaka Chhanda by Hemachandra, pupil of Stībhūshana. (5) Nemirājulagīta by Gunachandra and (6) Udaragīta by Chhīhala
The Sāstiabhandāra of the Terāpanthi Mandıra at Bayānā is also systematic. There are 153 manuscripts including gutakās in the Sastrabhaņdāra. The following rate manuscripts are preserved in this Granthabhandāra: (1) Shodasakās anavratodyūpanapīja by Sumatı Sāgara in Sanskrit. (2) Līlīvatībbīsha by Lālachandasūri. (3) Tattvār thasūti abhūshū by Sevārāma Pāțanī. (4) Aksharabaranni by Pande Keśavadāsa composed in 1679 A D
SĀSTRABHAŅDĀRAS OF JAINA TEMPLES, VAIR Vaira is an old town about 15 miles from Bayānā The Jaina temples of this place possess a fine collection of manuscripts The Sāstrabhaņdāra situated in the Digambara Jaina Mandıra contains 120 manuscripts The number of guitakās is more than that of manuscripts They contain good collection of Hindi and Sanskrit works The Granthabhandāra of Pamchāyatīmandıra possesses 227 manuscripts, out of which the number of gutakūs is 44. The Vārangacharitra composed by Tejapāla in Apabharamśa language is a rate manuscript There are also 87 manuscripts in the Sogāni Jaina temple
- GRANTHABHAŅDĀRAS OF ALWAR There are seven Bhandāras in the city having 616 manuscripts. The Tattvār thasītia and the Bhaktāmar asītra have been written in golden ink. The Ami itasū gara was composed on Ayurveda under the patronage of Mahārājā Pratāpasimha