Higher Education and Research in Prakrits and Jainology

SR No.: 011045
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gokulchandra Jain
Publisher: Sampurnanda Vishva Vidyalaya Varanasi
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 69
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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and Acaryas of Jaina Śramana Tradition for human welfare and total development of personality, after constant experiments during last three thousand years or even more on life and matter in Socio-Cultural develop. ment. There is plentiful such material which is the heart of Jainology. Merely narrating the tales and putting the things from one vessel to another should be discouraged. Such research works merely lower the value and importance of Jainological researches.
Major Research Projects
Basides the research projects mentioned above some major research projects have been suggested in the Seminars as 'essential research projects', They can be enumerated as follows,
1. An intersive survey of Prakrit, Sanskrit and Apabhramsa manuscripts pertaining to the studies of Prakrits and Jainology, and their scientific cataloguing.
2. Historical and descriptive grammars of the different Prakrit dialects including the inscriptional Prakrits on an uniform plan. 3. A comprehensive History of Prakrit and Jainological literature. 4. A Middle Indo-Aryan Dictionary on historical principles based on all the available Prakrit and Apabhramsa works.
5. An authoritative Encyclopaedia of Prakrits and Jainology.
6. A comprehensive Bibliography of Prakrits and Jainological studies.
7. Monographs on important cultural aspects prominently represented in Prakrit and Jainological Literature, and can be potentially helpful for Inter-disciplinary studies.
Promotion of Prakrit and Jainological Studies
To achieve the above-mentioned aims and to promote the Higher Education and Research in Prakrits and Jainology at the university stage, the Seminars have made some suggestions and indicated the procedure which the universities and the University Grants Commission should adopt as the practical steps.
1. It is important to set up full-fledged Departments of Prakrits and Jainology in a couple of universities which may be found
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