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Commentary
A N Upadhye
Paramatma Prakash is a work of manifold interests: to a student of human culture it is a record of some of the spontaneous expressions of a mystic mind in its attempt to realize the highest reality on the religious plane; to a linguist it is the earliest work, so far known, in the Apahhransa language the study of which is indispensable in tracing the evolution of New Indo-Aryan Languages; to a student of comparative religion it sets forth an attempt, without polemics and too many technical details, to harmonise the various shades of some of the dogmatic opinions into the service of spiritual realization; to a mystic it is a mine of buoyant expressions, full of vigour and insight, that would inspire one for selfrealization; to a student of Indian religious thought this work clearly brings out how mysticism has a legitimate place in a religiously polytheistic and metaphysically pluralistic system like, Jainism; and to a pious devotee, especially of Jaina faith, it is a sacred work whose injunctions are to be studied, reflected on and put into practice...
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