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'''Jain Siddhant Bhawan''' (also known as '''Shree Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Library''') is a Jain Oriental library in [[Arrah]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gottschalk|first=Peter|title=Religion, Science, and Empire: Classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India|publisher=OUP USA|year=2013|isbn=978-0195393019}}</ref> It has a good collection of old [[palm leaf manuscripts]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dvivedi|first=Ramchand|title=Jaina vidyā kā sāṃskr̥tika avadāna|publisher=Ādarśa Sāhitya Saṅgha|year=1976}}</ref>

== History ==
It was established by Dev Kumar Jain in 1903. One day he saw a person selling old and rare books; to save those books he bought them and started collecting old and rare books.<ref>{{Cite news|title=दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व खतरे में|work=Jagaran|url=https://www.jagran.com/lite/bihar/bhojpur-11580905.html}}</ref> Nearly four decades ago it started coming under [[Magadh University]] and later after the establishment of [[Veer Kunwar Singh University]] it was associated with it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=जैन व प्राच्य विद्या का महत्वपूर्ण केंद्र आरा की यह लाइब्ररी, खतरे में दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व|work=Jagran|url=https://www.jagran.com/lite/bihar/patna-city-this-library-of-ara-is-an-important-center-of-jain-and-oriental-learning-existence-of-rare-palm-leaflets-and-manuscripts-in-danger-20648319.html}}</ref>

== Collection ==
It has a great collection of 25,000 printed books and 8,000 handwritten books in various languages like [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Pali]], [[Magadhi Prakrit]], [[English language|English]], [[Kannada]], etc.<ref>{{Cite news|title=बिहार के इस जिले में 107 साल पुरानी जैन लाइब्रेरी, जहां जाया करते थे बड़े-बड़े राजनेता और लेखक|work=AVB News|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/the-107-year-old-jain-library-in-this-district-of-bihar-where-great-politicians-and-writers-used-to-go-ann-1534210/amp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Jaina Ramayana|publisher=Shri Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Library|year=1990|location=Arrah}}</ref>

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