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45. An Alphabetical List of Jaina MSS. belonging to 
Government in the Oriental Library of the 
Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
In response to the request of a certain gentleman of Bombay, 
Pandit Kunja Vihari Nyayabhusana ‘prepared an alphabetical list 
The manuscripts included in the list, with the exception of 
those designated as ‘Society’s collection, were purchased at the 
expenses of the Government of Bengal ont of the fund granted to 
the Society for the Search of Sanskrit Manuscripts. Dr. Raje 
dra Lal Mitra, C.L.E., was in charge of the search from 1871 to 
The manuscripts collected by Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra are 
numbered 1—3156, while those collected by Mahamahopadhyaya 
Hara Prasad Sastri bear Nos. 3157—6613. Allthe manuscripts 
bearing Nos. 6614-7727 belonged to the Jaina library alread 
referred to. 
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Rajendra Lal’s collection comprises some of the Jaina 
dhyayana-sitra, Upasaka-daSanga-sitra, Dasavaikalika-sitra, 
Prasgnavyaka a, Bhagavati-siitra, etc., besides many of the 
philological, historical and philosophical works Prakrit or 
Sanskrit such as Adipurana, Aptamimamsita, Ut ara-purana, 
Pandava-purana, Prameya-kamala-martanda, Mahipala-caritra 
Raja-vartika, Sloka-vartika, Siddha-Hema SabdanuSasana-vrtti 
Subhasita-ratna-sandoha, Syadvada-maifijari, etc. 
The manuscripts which had belonged to the Jaina library, 
and were purchased at Benares, are generally very small: several 
