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Dr. Anupam Jash : Jaina Psychology: An Introduction
From the contents of this treatise it is evident that what an enormous contribution the Jaina thinkers have made in the field of Jaina psychology. The author also carefully did his job in textual analysis of this subject and selecting the technical terms of Jaina psychology. Parshvanath Vidyapeeth produced this hardback with earnest attention and charmingly without printing mistakes. The author also provided a detail index of 6 pages and 4 pages bibliography to this scholarly presentation which is another valuable addition to this volume and it will be of great assistance to the young researcher of Jainism.
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This book was a PhD dissertation and approved for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Banaras Hindu University in 1955. This book was first published by the Sohanlal Jainadharama Pracharak Samiti, Amritsar in 1957.
The author Dr. Mohanlal Mehta was an international scholar of Jainism. He has authored a number of books on Jaina Philosophy, Psychology, Epistemology, Culture, Literature etc. He is the Principal author of the 'Prakrit Proper Names', a monumental work in two volumes, published by the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad. He has been the founder director of the P.V. Research Institute, Varanasi and the founder Professor of Jaina Philosophy at the University of Poona.