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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JAIN JOURNAL: Vol-XXXV, No 2 October 2000 the dental n. is printed. Similarly negama-vavahārānam in §108(i) and negama-vavahārāṇam in §108(2). Except for a few readings like these, the author is uniform in the selection of cerebral n. Even in conjunct the editor has chosen double cerebral nn which is quite in conformity with the system of the Prakrit language, even though Jacobi prefers dental conjunct nn to cerebral ones.
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I have already said earlier that this edition is more reliable than the others. The editor, Muni Jambūvijayaji Mahārāja, is to be congratulated for this unique text which reflects his scholarship and his editorial discipline. I believe that the text will be liked by the scholarly world.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee
Mahabandha (Vols I and II): the volume one of the Mahabandha of Bhutabali is edited and translated into Hindi by Pt. Sumeruchandra Diwakar, and the volume two is edited by Pt. Phoolchandra Siddhantashastri from Bharatiya Jñanapitha, 18 Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003, 1998, Price Rs. 140.00 (each).
The Bharatiya Jñanapiṭha, New Delhi, is to be thanked for reprinting the famous Digambara canon Mahabandha for the benefit of the scholarly world. It has several parts of which two volumes have come out. I hope the other volumes will also come out soon. The quality of paper and the binding of the book are excellent and praiseworthy. This reprint is better than even the original edition.
The first edition of the Mahabandha was originally published in 1947 under the Moortidevi Jain Ganthamalā series which was established in February 1944 under the General Editorship of Dr. Hiralal Jain and Dr. A.N. Upadhyc. The volume one (Prakṛti Bandha dhikara) had a second reprint in 1966 and a third one in 1998 under the editorship of Dr Devendra Kumar Shastri who has written a preface to this reprint The second volume (Sthiti-bandhadhikāra), first published in 1953, and containing an elaborate discussion on Karma-mimāmsā, was reprinted second time in 1998. According to Shastriji, both the volumes are furnished with the summary of the contents of the two volumes of the Mahabandha. The two volumes have two elaborate introductions on the Mahabandha. I can only hope that the rest of the volume will be published soon maintaing the standard of the first two books.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee