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________________ PREFACE “Perspectives in Jaina Philosophy and Culture" has been brought out at the occasion of the Third International Jain Conference held at New Delhi on February 8, 9 & 10, 1985 The First International Jain Conference was held on October 3 & 4, 1981 at the United Nations Plaza, New York, USA The Second such Conference was held at London on October 1 & 2. 1983 As many as 2800 world scholars, delegates and participants had attended the Third International Jain Conference at New Delhi It was a very big, splendid and historic event of the Jains of the world A wide range of subjects including world peace, disarmament, non-violence, vegetarianism, ethical way of life, Jain philosophy, culture, and literature were discussed at this Conference The Conference was an ensemble of highly distinguished world scholars, many of whom are the prolific writers and reputed scholars of their subjects If the deliberations of the Conference will result in world peace, mutual understanding and furtherance of the movement of non-violence and vegetarianism, propagation of Jain doctrines, promotion of Jain culture and literature, the purpose of holding the Third International Jain Conference will truly be achieved Perspectives In Jaina Philosoply & Culture" containing 52 scholarly articles written by eminent scholars of India and other countries introduces the readers with the various aspects of Jaina thought, culture, literature, history, archaeology etc Some of the authors have done ample justice in going into the depth of this subject in these articles The book also contains photographs of a few most famous Jaina temples and icons of India, which have been used from my large Collection The Boards of Advisers & Editors include celebrated authorities of Jaina studies Considerable efforts have been made by Dr KC Soganı Professor & Head, Department of Philosophy, Sukhadia University, Udaipur, who is its Executive Editor, in collecting and editing the articles He has made dedicated efforts in
SR No.011085
Book TitlePerspectives in Jaina Philosophy and Culture
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorSatish Jain, Kamalchand Sogani
PublisherAhimsa International
Publication Year1985
Total Pages269
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size12 MB
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