Jain Siddhant Bhawan (also known as Shree Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Library) is a Jain Oriental library in Arrah.[1] It has a good collection of old palm leaf manuscripts.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Collection
It has a great collection of 25,000 printed books and 8,000 handwritten books in various languages like Bhojpuri, Tamil, Gujarati, Pali, Magadhi Prakrit, English, Kannada, etc.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Religion, Science, and Empire: Classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India{{#if:Gottschalk|, Gottschalk}. OUP USA(2013). ISBN 978-0195393019
- ↑ Jaina vidyā kā sāṃskr̥tika avadāna{{#if:Dvivedi|, Dvivedi}. Ādarśa Sāhitya Saṅgha(1976)
- ↑ दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व खतरे में. Jagaran.
- ↑ जैन व प्राच्य विद्या का महत्वपूर्ण केंद्र आरा की यह लाइब्ररी, खतरे में दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व. Jagran.
- ↑ बिहार के इस जिले में 107 साल पुरानी जैन लाइब्रेरी, जहां जाया करते थे बड़े-बड़े राजनेता और लेखक. AVB News.
- ↑ Jaina Ramayana{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Shri Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Library(1990)