Tulsi Prajna 1992 07

SR No.: 524571
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 154
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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and allied indological studies.
Another institution for Prākrit studies is the Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandir at Ahmedabad which was established in 1957 with the financial assistance of Sheth Kastoorbhai Lalbhai under directorship of Pt. Dalsukha Malvaniya. It has started a number of activities like collection of Mss. Publication of the Prākrit and Jain works, Scholarships to the students of Prākrit etc.
The Pārsvanātha Vidyāśrama at Varanasi is also an important Research institute which provides every possible help to the students for preparing their theses on Prākrit and Jainism. It provides the scholarships for research and then tries to publish the theses. Under the directorship of Dr. Sagarmal Jain, it is on a better path of pro
ress than before. Syādvāda Mahāvidyālaya at Varanasi and Todar Mal Smāraka Bhayan at Jaipur may also be mentioned here which have a rich library on the subiect. The Syādvāda Mahāvidyālaya provides sufficient facilities to students of Prākrit and Jainology. Bhogilal Institute of Indology at Delhi has recently been established with a rich library and other facilities.
Among the Universities, the Prākrit as a subject is independently taught in the University of Gujarat, Shivaji University and Bihar University. The Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Shantiniketan Universities have combined departments for Pāli and Prākrit, while the Jabalpur, Kurukshetra, Lucknow Universities run the combined departments for Sanskrit, Pāli and Prākrit. Allahabad, Aligarh and Poona Universities have the group systems in Sanskrit. Pāli and Prakrit. The Mysore University has been runing the Dept. of Jainology since the last about twenty years. The Madras University has also started the Department of Jainology recently with the financial assistance of the Research Foundation of Jainology, Madras. There are also some Jain Centres in the Universities of Jaipur, Patiala and Baroda. It is strange that the Universities like Delhi and Varanasi have no Departments for Prākrit and Jain studies. The Udaipur University has a good Department of Jainology and Prakrit. 29. Prākrit Text Series
The Prākrit Text Society, on the imitation of Pāli Text Society, was established in 1953 under the patronage of late Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of the Republic of India. It is undoubtedly a boon to the publication of Prākrit and Jaina texts. It has published so far the Nandisūtra, Pārasanāhacariu, Prākrit Pingalam, Pāiyasaddamahaņņavo, Cauppannamahāpurisacariyam, Akhyānamaņikosa, Argavijjā, Paumacariyam, etc. Bhāratīya Jñanapitha, Kashi was