Jain Siddhant Bhawan

Jain Siddhant Bhawan
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25°33′44″N 84°40′24″E / 25.56215989996678°N 84.67329461826309°E / 25.56215989996678; 84.67329461826309
LocationArrah, India
TypeOriental Library
Established1903
Collection
Items collectedBooks, manuscripts, paintings
Building details
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleJain
CountryIndia
Construction started1903
Other information
ParkingNo

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.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "जैन व प्राच्य विद्या का महत्वपूर्ण केंद्र आरा की यह लाइब्ररी, खतरे में दुर्लभ ताड़पत्र व पांडुलिपियों का अस्तित्व". Jagran.[permanent dead link‍]
  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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