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Preface Jainism does not believe in God as the creator of the universe. It looks upon any and every perfectly liberated soul as paramatman or God. These views, when properly presented, give us an idea of Jaina Theology. The followiug independent works deal with this subject :
Isvara-karirtva-khandana, Isvara-karttva-prakarana, Isvaranirākaraņa, Iśvaravāda, İśvaravādanirákaraṇa, Devatattvaprakarana, Devadharmaparikṣā, and Paramātma-jyotih-pañcavimśikā.
The last two works are written by Yaśovijaya who has written standard works on Jaina logic and thereby enriched its literature considerably as he has made use of several important works on logic (including navyanyaya ) composed by eminent non-Jaina authors.
Over and above this world inhabited by us, the human beings, there are several heavens and hells. This is what we can see from the following Svetämbara works on Jaina cosmology':
Vimna-naraïndag named as Devendranarakendra-prakarana, several works known as Khettasamäsa (Rşetrasamasa ), Sangahani popularly known as Byhatsangrahani of Jinabhadra and Sangahanirayana ( Sangrahaņiratna ) of Śricandra Sūri.s.
Tiloyapannatti ( Trailokyaprajñapti ) of Yati Vrsabha is a standard work of the Digambaras on cosmology.
In the end, I take this opportunity of thanking Dr. R. N. Dandekar, the Hon. Secretary of the Bhandarkar Institute for his having arranged to publish this part and his keen desire of expediting the printing of this Descriptive Catalogue, Gopipura, Surat.
HIRALAL R. KAPADIA 29-7-51.
1 W. Kirfel's German work Kosmographie der Inder nech den quellen dargestellt ( p. 208 ff. ) ( Bonn und Leipzig, 1920 ) may be bere noted.
2 Twelve works of this name are noted in Jinaratnakośa (Vol. I, pp.98-100).
3-5 For information etc. about this and such other works see my article " #Teoft (agost "published in Atmānanda Prakasa ( Vol. 48, No. 5).