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APRIL, 1975
143
Celebration of the 2500th Nirvana Anniversary of Bhagavan Mahavira, which the Committee agreed to do at Bombay but declined later at Indore, so that the book has been issued now under the seal of the Jain Visva Bharati. Written in plain and commonplace Hindi, the book is a delineation of the life of Bhagavan Mahavira. Muni Nathmal's is a bigger work written in flowery Hindi.
11. Satyaki Khoj Anekāntke Alokme (Search for Truth in the light of Anekānta) by Muni Nathmal is an illustrative text on the Anekānta doctrine of the Jainas. Anekāntavād is one of the original contributions about the diversity of view-points. This complex doctrine is elaborated here in a readable form.
12. King Bimbisāra and King Ajātaśatru in the Age of Mahāvīra and Buddha is the English rendering of a portion of a chapter from Agama and Tripitaka-Ek Anušilan by Muni Nagraj and translated by Muni Mahendra Kumar 'Dvitiya' and printed in the Jain Journal. When plans are afoot for printing the English translation of Āgama & Tripitaka by the present reviewer in the near future, one wonders what useful purpose has been served by printing one chapter as a separate monograph which, besides, may appear as being out of context.
-K. C. Lalwani
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