________________
Bisapanthi Digambar Jain Temple Granth Bhandar Bada Mandir
Nagaur
The Granth Bhandar is situated in the Digambar Jaina Temple BISAPANTHI BADA MANDIR DEVARA-KÍ-GALI, Purani Nagaur.
According to Bhattaraka Pattavali, Bhattaraka Ratnakirti established an independent Bhattaraka Gadi in Samvat 158 1 and also established a great Granth Bhandar in Nagaur.
The Bhandar possesses a valuable collecticn of 20 thousand manuscripts. This number includes the GUTKAS also. The manuscripts are quite old. The manuscripts are mainly in 5 languages i.e. SANSKRIT, PRAKRIT, APABHRAMSA, HINDI, RAJASTHANI. All the manus , cripts are written on paper, there is no manuscript on palm leaf. .... SUBJECT DEALT WITH
This collection pertains to books written by Jaina and 'nonJaina authors. Works written by Jaina authors deal with various subjects pertaining to religion such as SIDHANTA, PUJA, PRATISTHA,.. KATHA, CHARITRA, STOTKA, VRIT-VIDHAN, PURANA and Secular subjects like PURANA, KAVYA, KATHA, SHORT KAVYA; PHILOSOPHY and Sientific subjects like GRAMMER, PROSODY, LAXICOGRAPHY, JYOTISA and AYURVEDA. Works written by nonJaina authors pertains mainly to KAVYA, GRAMMER; AYURVEDA, JYOTISA and SEXUALOGY etc.'
Some of the important manuscripts are given below :Name of the Manuscript :: Author Year Language Trisati
Rawal Sharangadhar 1751. Sanskrit 2. Sidhanta Chandrika Ramchandra Shrana
1.
Bhattaraka Sampradaya by V.P. Joharapurkar Pace 121. -
