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Preface
As regards anachronism, I may say that since there has been à very wide gap of years between the preparation of this part and its printing I had to make a few additions while correcting the proof-sheets in order that this part may become as up-to-date as possible, in the entries for "author" and "reference".
Since there remains a major portion of Vol. XVIII to be printed and it is likely to take about a decade to be completed, I may give a brief sketch of Vol. XIX which is almost as big as Vol. XVIII. Vol. XIX deals with non-canonical literature as is the case with Vol. XVIII. It deals with the following groups of works :
(1) Hymnology. (2) Narrative Literature. (3) Ritualistic Works.
(4) Miscellanea. Works in Group III differ from the corresponding works dealt with in Part IV of Vol. XVII inasmuch as they are not so closely associated with the Jaina canon as the latter.
Group IV includes all such works as could not be conveniently assigned a place under any one of the heads preceding it.
In the beginning of this part I of Vol. XVIII we come across works on logic of both the sects of the Jainas. As it forms a complete section by itself I shall take a bird's eye-view of the valuable contribution of the Jainas in this field. But, before I do so, I shall say a few words about philosophy in general.
Philosophy covers a wide and precious field of thought. Its main divisions are said to be as under:
: (1) Logic.
(2) Metaphysics. (3) Psychology. (4) Ethics. (5) Aesthetics. (6) Theology. (7) Cosmology.
