Jain Journal 2000 10

SR No.: 520140
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 70
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 4 MB

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BOOK REVIEW
Nirgrantha (Vols. I and II): edited by M.A. Dhaky and Jitendra B. Shah, Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre, Darshan, Opp. to Ranakpur Society, Shahibag, Ahmedabad-380 004. Vol. I (1995), Price Rs. 150.00 and Vol. II (1996), Price Rs. 200.00.
One of the greatest contributions to the domain of Jainistic studies, almost at the end of the twentieth century, is the publication of the Journal, Nirgrantha, an annual Journal of the Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre, Ahmedabad. It is a trilingual Journal: English, Gujarati and Hindi. It is a Journal of nearly 300 pages of quarto size with good quality of paper and printing. The contents of the Journal are primarily Jainistic or any study relating to Jainism. The Journal contains lots of plates of different kinds concerning Jainism. In one word, it is a Journal of quality for all sorts of studies on Jainism.
The Journal is unique in three respects: First, most of the articles, if not all, elicit admiration from the scholars, because of their quality in finding the truth of the research. The scholars who have contributed are authorities on their subjects, and the articles written by them are new in their outlook. Secondly, the Journal is free from mistakes or errors. The proof-reading is careful and meticulous. Finally, all the articles are edited by two able editors-M.A. Dhaky and Jitendra B. Shah. It goes without saying that these two editors will not let anything go unless they are satisfied and the articles are upto the mark.
The volume one of the Nirgrantha contains a style sheet for the papers in English. In it, the method of transliteration, diacritical marks and other relevant things necessary for writing an article of an international standard are given. If anybody wants to contribute any article in this Journal, he will have to follow them. Most of the things of the style sheet are standard and are followed by most of the scholars. But there are some cases where the Nirgrantha deviates from the standard; e.g; m (m and dot over) for anusvāra in many standard Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pāli books is written as m (m and dot below). It will be difficult for a scholar to remember different style sheets for different Journals. Howsoever minute it might be, the Nirgrantha style sheet is different from the MLA Style Sheet (1970) in some respects; e.g.; infra, supra and op. cit. are accepted in MLA, whereas they are to avoided in the Nirgrantha. For dha, tha is not written,
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