Arhat Vachan 2002 01

SR No.: 526553
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Anupam Jain
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 108
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Arhat Vachan, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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pp. 57-64.
Role of Mathematics in Jainism is very high. It can be observed in the following words of a famous Jaina commentator, Todarmal (1740-1767 A.D.) of Jaipur. He writes -
"बहुरि जे जीव संस्कृतादिक के ज्ञान सहित है किन्तु गणिताम्नायादिक के ज्ञान के अभाव ते मूल ग्रंथ या संस्कृत टीका विष प्रवेश न करहुं तिन भव्य जीवन काजे THE
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For those people, who have the knowledge of Samskrita etc., but due to lake of knowledge of Mathematics they can't understand the original texts, these texts have been prepared. This indicate the utility of Mathematics in understanding Jaina philosophy.
Not only it but in 9th century a famous Jaina Mathematician, Acārya Mahavira also writes that -
'बहुभिर्वि प्रलापैः किं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे। यत्किंचिद्वस्तु तत्सर्व गणितेन बिना नहि।।।
What is good of saying much in vain? Whatever there is in all three worlds, which are prossessed of moving and non-moving being all that indeed cannot exists as apart from Mathematics.
These references are enough to show the place of Mathematics among Jainas. Jaina literature have a lot of Mathematics. It is vast and varied too. During past two decades I have tried to see and collect the information about it, but we can do only a small part of it. More than 100 mathematical manuscripts written by different Jaina scholars are still remains unexplored, unidentified and we are still unknown about the mathematical knowledge contained in it. Even then, available informations are very huge and attract attention.
More informations about Jain mathematical literature are available in the following two papers written by the author in Hindi - 1. faqe 3511 to mora pet, mora prait (focsit), 4(1-2), 1982, pp.
61 - 71 2. ita Torrita Hilary, BETÉTI 229 (grote), 1(1), former 1988, pp. 19.40
Of course above two articles are very exhaustive, but here I would like to give some informations from these articles. We can classify all the available mathematical texts of Jaina School in the following 6 groups.
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