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Dr. Devi Prasad Misra's remarkable book in Hindi entitled Jaina Puranon ka Sanskritik Adhyayana is an admirable contribution to the studies in Jainology in general and to the studies in Jain Culture in particular as it presents at one place, for the first time, the rich and varied cultural heritage of the Jainas depicted in a large number of voluminous Jain Puranas composed in different parts of India during the ancient and medieval period of more than one thousand years..... It is a comprehensive study on the cultural aspects of the Jain Puranas.... The author has utilised relevent original works available on the subject and consulted a good number of primary and secondary sources. The author has also analysed the appropriate and relevant data in Non-Jain texts and Archaeological evidences....... The book provides valuable and authentic information on different aspects of cultural life, social organisation, political administration, economic activities, educational system, literary works, artistic constructions, ecclesiastical order, religious rituals and geographical conditions.....I am sure that the book will be of great utility to the research scholars not only of Sanskrit and Prakrit languages and literature but also of Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Social History and other Social Sciences,.... The book is a piece of valuable and arduous research work..... A translation of the book in English would be of great value to foreign scholars interested in the study of Jain Culture & Jainology.
Dr. Vilas A. Sangave
Honorary Director Shahu Research Institute Shivaji University, Kolhapur
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