jnana-bhandara
ज्ञानभण्डार jnana-bhandaraA 'treasury of knowledge': a manuscript library, especially the Jain repositories that preserved very old palm-leaf manuscripts.
Where this term appears
- Leaf and Bark Treatise
Among the most important were the Jain jnana-bhandaras , the knowledge-treasuries, where a religious community held the act of preserving texts as a sacred duty.