Progress of Prakrit and Jaina Studies

SR No.: 011087
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhogilal J Sandesara
Publisher: Jain Cultural Research Society
Total Pages: 55
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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Haribhadrasūri's comparative studies in Yoga (VVSG). Dr. Indukala Jhaveri has contributed a scholarly paper on Agurulaghu paryaya in Jaina philosophy (Vidya, Journal of the Gujarat University, II. I, 1957). Mr. H. Bhattacharyya has written on philosophy of Jainas (East and West, Rome, VIII. 4 January 1958) and on the Anckānṭavāda of the Jainas (Indo-Asian Culture, VI. 3, January 1958 ). Dr. H. V. Guenther has written on two contemporary teachers-Mahāvīra and Buddha Religious Digest, Ceylon, no. 12, 1957); Prof. Radha Krishna Chaudhari has taken a comparative view of Jaina and Buddhist philosophy (Prabuddha Bharata, November, 1957) and Dr. Indra Chandra has written a studied paper on Jaina theory of knowledge (Indian Philosophy and Culture, III. 2-3, June-September 1958).
In the field of Ilindi Mr. Ravindrakumar Jain has written liis Doctoral thesis on the life and works of the poet Banārasīdās, who lived in the 17th century and who is well-known for his philosophical poem, Samayasara, and very interesting autobiographical work, Ardhakathānaka. Mr. Agarchand Nahata has written an informative paper on Bhaṭṭāraka Kanakakusala and his pupil Kuvarakuśala (VVSG). These two lived in the 18th century and were protéges of the then ruler of Kutch. Mr. Nahata has given a survey of their works in Braj on Kośa, Alankara, prosody and several other subjects. Kuvarakusala was a scholar of Persian and he had translated into Braj a Persian-Sanskrit lexicon, Parasināmamālā. Bhuj, Capital of Cutch, was centre of literary activity in Braj by the Yatis, and 44 their Upasraya was almost a training school for aspiring poets
at least upto the first half of the 19th century.
As is well-known, the earliest extant literature in GujarālīRājasthani (appropriately called Māru-Gurjara by Prof. Umashankar Joshi) is Jaina literature, it is available in great abundance, and its scientific publication is helpful in the historical study of sister-languages of India. Messers B. K. Thakore; M. D. Desai and M. C. Modi have edited Gurjara