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INTRODUCTION
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In fine, this introduction professes to be no more than a very brief outline of Indian thought which after all is “an extraordinary mass of material which for detail and variety has hardly any equal in any other part of the world.” It has no pretensions to completeness in any sense of the term. I am conscious that in surveying even the vast field of Jainism, much of interest is left untouched and still more what little has been given is only very roughly sketched in. It attempts to give such a general statement of the main results as shall serve to introduce the subject to those to whom it is hardly known and awaken if possible in some measure that interest for it to which it is justly entitled. It may not be too much to hope that the imperfections of the present attempt will act as a stimulus to those whose better and more competent efforts will supersede it, owing to their special aptitude for and absolute devotion to this branch of knowledge.
To eminent scholars of philosophy who will surely be inclined to peruse this monumental work and who, while doing me the honour of reading my introductions may be impressed with the inevitable discrepancies and defects, I can only pray in the following words of the versatile genius Šrī Hemacandra Sūri:
"Pramānasiddhāntaviruddham atra
Yat kiñcid uktam matimāndyadosāt Mātsaryam utsārya tad āryacittāḥ
Prasādam ādhāya visodhayantu."
BHAGATWADI, BHULESHWAR
BOMBAY
H. R. KĀPADIA
A SL. P.$65, 1. For words of the ventile words of Malliseng, the author of Syädyādamañjarī, a comentary on Anyayogavyavacchedadvãtrims ikā of the versatile.
2 1. jainism arwanan persecrareeautir o PIOIITISE OL WONICI perfect ser control and full responsibility are the first commandments is not only for those souls who chance to be born in a Jaina family. It is for all man-kind. It is for more. It is for all living beings. There is nothing living in the Universe for which the great voice of the Lord did not throb in sympathy, enlightenment and inspiration.
2. It is at present imperatively necessary for several reasons that something should be attempted, even if success be doubtful and this must be my excuse for the present attempt. 3. Cf.
" How charming is divine philosophy,
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But, musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns."
- Comus 11. 476-480.
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| SR No. | 002716 |
| Book Title | Tattvarthadhigamsutram Part 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | Umaswati, Umaswami |
| Author | Hiralal R Kapadia |
| Publisher | Jivanchandra Sakarchandra |
| Publication Year | 1929 |
| Total Pages | 472 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Philosophy, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth |
| File Size | 12 MB |