Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [47 of 69]
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47. In the enclosure to the letter of 10th December from the Resident, Jaipur, I had been informed of there being two Bhandars at Kishengarh, one belonging to the State and the other to a Raj temple. Both these I saw. The State collection was a big one but was not at all in order, the other was a small one but in good order. Only a very few of the manuscripts I wished to look at could be picked out of the former. The Divan is a man of enlightened views and takes interest in literary matters, and I expect he will soon see that the collection is properly arranged and put in order. There were two or three Jaina Bhandars here to which I did not get access. The excuse put forward was that some of the Punches (or trustees) by whose permission I could be allowed to see them were absent from the place. The Divan had not anticipated any such difficulties when he left the place on tour the very morning I saw him, and it was not possible to get any help from him during the time at my disposal. There was one other collection, however, that came to my notice there. It was formed by the uncle of the present reigning prince and deposited in a temple built by him. On the temple walls in various places were painted the names of the various subjects, manuscripts of works relating to which formed part of the collection. The names were calculated to raise great curiosity to see the manuscripts them- selves. But the key was with the widow of Dīkshita — he had performed a sacrifice — Javan Singh who formed the collection and she lived many miles off from Kishengarh. It had not been secured previous to my going there. I have been trying to get a list of the manuscripts, but as yet, especially on account of a marriage in the royal household, I have not succeeded in getting it.
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