Jain Journal 1991 07

SR No.: 520103
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 1991
Total Pages: 24
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 2 MB

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Progress of Jain Journal
It is with great pleasure that I place before the scholarly world the twentyfive years' noteworthy and remarkable progress of 'Jain Journal', a quarterly on Jainology, published by Jain Bhawan, Calcutta, which is, in many ways, outstanding and unique. It is a Journal in royal octavo size with 64 pages on the average per issue. The main body of the Journal is not interrupted by inserting advertisements in between the articles. This Journal is exceptionally regular and is managed by a single handed scholarship. The editor of this Journal, Shri Ganesh Lalwani, is to be thanked for publishing this Journal regularly for the last 25 years.
It will not be a case of exaggeration, if I say, that this Jain Journal is a quality Journal which has been publishing lots of research papers not only on Jainism but also on the other related subjects as well. Most of the papers, if not all, are new in outlook, rich in thought, lavish in philosophical quibbles and very outstanding in contents and ideas. The perspective of the editor is not parochial and sectarian. The contributors feel free to give vent to their feelings through writings. Though the editor has the right to select or reject the article, if it is not upto the respectable research standard, but as far as I know, he is liberal to allow the author to express their views in their papers. Liberality does not mean that the editor does not care to look into the quality of the journal, far from it, but he is conscious of the subject of the article. and if it is not too much contradictory of the very foundation of Jainism and if it is full of logical acumen coupled with the authenticity of the material, the editor does not bother to get blame for ventilising new ideas which might erode the very foundation of popular belief. It must be admitted on all hands that the editor looks into the quality of the Journal to maintain the glorious prestige of Jainism.
The most interesting point of the Journal is the variety of contents and subjects. It really presents a veritable embarras de richesse. Jainism is a vast subject, and there are innumerable