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copied, as well as the rulers whose patronage they enjoyed. Such PRASASTIS or colophones are generally found at the end or the beginning of the works. They form a valuable source of information about the past. Catalogued in the present volume include works on literature, in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsa, Hindi, Rajasthani and other allied Indian languages. Among some of the unpublished rare works preserved in these Bhandars mention may be made of the following:
PASA NATH CHARIU, by Kavi Devendra (Prakrit) preserved in Bisapanthi Digamber Jain Granth Bhandar Nagaur; DHURTAKHYAN by Haribhadra (Prakrit) preserved in Amber Sastra Bhandar; PAUMA CHARIU TIPPANA by Svayambhu (Apabhramsa) preserved in Saraswati Bhawan Granth Bhandar; SHRIPAL CHARIU by Damodar (Apabhramsa) preserved in Bhadhi Chandji Granth Bhandar; NEMI NATH CHARIU by Damodar (Apabhramsa) preserved in Patodi Granth Bhandar; YOGASARA by Bhattaraka Sruta Kirti (Apabhramsa)
preserved in Saraswati Bhawan Granth Bhandar; CHARPATA SATAKA (Sanskrit) preserved in Pandya Lunkaran Granth Bhandar; RAJAJANSA VARNANA (Sanskrit) preserved in Saraswati Bhawan Granth Bhandar; BARAHAKHARI DOHA, by Mala Chand (Hindi) preserved. in Patodi Granth Bhandar; HOLI RASA, by Brahma Jindas (Rajasthani) preserved in Saraswati Bhawan Granth Bhandar, Jaipur.
In all about 250 manuscripts from Granth Bhandars of Jaipur and Nagaur have been catalogued in the present volume which it is hoped, would attract the attention of scholars, historians and researchers interested in studying the country's rich cultural heritage to which the Jain community has made a significant contribution,
-PREMCHAND JAIN
