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/ Literary Form' is given at the end of introduction.
5. Scope of the Project: (1) Only published works are included, unpublished manuscripts are not taken into account. In exceptional cases MSS. are noted.
(2) Some important Jaina works are published by various Jaina Institutes. In this survey, list of editions is not given.
(3) Except Nijjuttis and Cunnis, all commentarial works on canons are noted down under Sanskrit language, because the explanations of Prakrit texts are given in Skt. while supportive narratives are gives in Prakrit.
(4) Inscriptional literature, Vijñaptis, donation accounts on copper-plates, Gurvāvalis and Pattāvalīs are excluded.
(5) The stotra literature (Eulogies) is found from the period of canons up till 18th century. They are literally hundreds in number. Various 'Stotra-Samgrahas' are also available. Separate entry of each Stotra is impossible. Only the ancient and famous Stotras are enumerated here.
(6) The Bālāvabodhas, Avacūris, Țabbās, Sandhis, Rāsas, Fāgas etc. represent the later linguistic stage after Apabhramsa, hence they are not covered in this survey.
(7) The Jaina literature in modern Indian languages is excluded though some literature pertaining to 10th century onwards is available. For example, the famous triad of Kannad poets viz. Ponna, Ranna and Pampa were the Jaina poets of 12th-13th centuries, their literature is excluded because their language shows distinguished characters of Kannad. Likewise, the history of Jaina Marathi literature starts from 15th century A.D. Though this brief survey extends up to 18th century, Jaina Marathi works are not taken into account. The same norms are applied to Jaina Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Gujrati literature.
(8) The famous Prakrit works like Gāthāsaptaśati, Setubandha, Gaudavaho etc. are excluded because they are not written by Jaina authors.
(9) Dramas, works on Poetics, Grammar and Classical Sanskrit Kāvyas of Jaina authors did not contain Jaina elements but still they are considered in this survey.
6. The Special Features of this Survey: * It is a handy guide book for students and scholars of Prakrit and Jainism. * It is systematic and classified history of Jaina literature at a glance. * It will help M.Phil. and Ph.D. students and even Post doctoral researchers to choose the
subjects of their own interest. * Not only for the students of Prakrit and Jainism but for the students of Philosophy,
