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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Vol. XVIII, No. 2
founded in 1942 with a view to bring out the critical editions of works in Sanskrit, Pāli, Prakrit, Apabhramsa, and Hindi etc. Uptil now about twenty columns in Prakrit have been published by this institution. L. D. Institute (Ahmedabad), Sanmati Jain Jñāna pith (Agra), Pārsvanatha Vidyaśrama (Varanasi), Digambara Jain Sangha (Mathura), Jivājirav Jaina Granthamālā (Sholapur), Singh Jaina Granthamālā (Bombay) etc. are the important institutions which bring out the Prakrit texts with critical and exhaustive introductions. 30. Prakrit and Jain studies Abroad
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As regards the Prakrit studies abroad, there is an institution of Indology, University of Vienna (Austria) where Prof. Dr. Erich Frauwallner has specialisation in History of Indian Philosophy and Prakrit literature. In Belgium, Prakrit and Jainism is being taught in different institutions. The University of Ceylon and the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon have the combined departments for Sanskrit, Pāli and Prakrit. There is Dr. Ananda Guruge who has proficiency in Prakrit and Jainism alongwith Sanskrit and Buddhism, though he is attached with the Government of Ceylon as a Senior Asstt. Secretary to the Ministery of Education. University of Belogna published a work "Yoga' contribution to the study of the Jaina philosophical language' by A. Baccararu. Pennsylvania University conducts research and institutions in Jaina Prakrit Texts under Prof. W. Norman Brown and Jaina Hagiographical literature and Jaina Maharashtri Prakrit under Prof. Earnest Bebder. In France, a number of institutions are providing sufficient facilities to research workers in Prakrit. In East Germany, Dr. Monik Jordin, Dr. Klaus Bruhn and Dr. Chandrabhal Tripathi are attached with the Free University, Berlin. They have specialisation in Prakrit and Jaina literature and mythology. Dr. Tripathi published a catalogue of Jaina manuscripts of Serasberg University. Klaus Bruehn (Jain Literature and Mythology), Ulrish Shniader Boele etc. may also be mentioned as the scholars of Prakrit and Jainology.
Japan became the important centre for Jain studies during these years. Suzuki, the founder of Jain studies published "Jaina kyoseiten", Jain Secred Book (Atsushi Uno-"Jain Studies in Japan"Jain Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 2, 1973, p. 75), Tattvärthadhigamasutra, Kanakura of Yogashastra and Kalpasūtra (ibid. p. 77). Dr. E. Tohuku University worked on the Study of Jainism (1940), Tattvärthadhigamasutra (1944) and Nyāyāvatāra. Prof. S. Matsunami did a comparative study of Jainism and Budhism (Jain Journal, oct. 1973, p. 78), A study on Dhyana in Digambar sect (1961), Ethics of Jainism and Budhism (1963), Isibhāsiyaim (1966) and Dasveyaliyasutta (1968).