Jain Siddhant Bhawan

25°33′44″N 84°40′24″E / 25.56215989996678°N 84.67329461826309°E / 25.56215989996678; 84.67329461826309LocationArrah, IndiaTypeOriental LibraryEstablished1903CollectionItems collectedBooks, manuscripts, paintings
Building details
General informationStatusCompletedArchitectural styleJainCountryIndiaConstruction started1903Other informationParkingNo

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

  1. ^ Gottschalk, Peter (2013). Religion, Science, and Empire: Classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0195393019.
  2. ^ Dvivedi, Ramchand (1976). Jaina vidyā kā sāṃskr̥tika avadāna. Ādarśa Sāhitya Saṅgha.
  3. ^ "दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व खतरे में". Jagaran.
  4. ^ "जैन व प्राच्य विद्या का महत्वपूर्ण केंद्र आरा की यह लाइब्ररी, खतरे में दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व". Jagran.
  5. ^ "बिहार के इस जिले में 107 साल पुरानी जैन लाइब्रेरी, जहां जाया करते थे बड़े-बड़े राजनेता और लेखक". AVB News.
  6. ^ Jaina Ramayana. Arrah: Shri Dev Kumar Jain Oriental Library. 1990.


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