Jain Journal 1967 10

SR No.: 520008
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 1967
Total Pages: 50
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 3 MB

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Books on Jainology
BOOL CHAND, Jainism in Indian History (Bulletin No. 2), Jaina Cultural Research Society, Varanasi, 1951. Pages 10. Price 37 Paise. Considers the role of Jainism in the propagation of Hindu Culture in India and abroad.
DEO, SHANTARAM BHALCHANDRA, Jaina Monastic Jurisprudence, Jaina Cultural Research Society, Varanasi, 1960. Pages 87. Price Rs. 3.00.
Chapter I-The Background to Monastic Jurisprudence. Starts with a survey of Jaina research, then discusses source texts, the spirit of monastic rules and meaning of transgressions and exceptions. Chapter II The Custodians of Monastic Discipline. It discusses the herarchy, the problems of seniority and succession and the units or Church groups. Chapter III-Laws of Jurisprudence and their Working. Discusses ten prayascittas with their implementation, Laws of Jurisprudence for Nuns, its salient features and gives a comparison with Buddhist Jurisprudence. Chapter IV-Transgressions and Punishments. Contains a select bibliography and index.
JAIN, JYOTI PRASAD, Jainism the Oldest Living Religion (Sanmati Publication No. 5), Jaina Cultural Research Society, Varanasi, 1951. Pages ii+62. Price Rs. 1.50.
Tries to remove some misconception regarding Jainism and prove that it is an absolutely independent religion and is older than Vedic culture itself.
SANGHAVI, SUKHLAL, Pacifism and Jainism (Bulletin No. 25), Jaina Cultural Research Society, Varanasi, 1950. Pages 21. Price 50 Paise.
The role that Jainism can play in the realisation of the aims and objects of pacifism is considered.
SCHUBRING, WALTHER, The Religion of the Jainas (Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series No. Lii), translated from the German by Dr. Amulya Chandra Sen and T. C. Burke, Sanskrit College, 1966. Pages x+43. Price Rs. 7.00.