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200 Dr. Charlotte Krause: Her Life & Literature
Dharma Deśanā, consists of a number of articles, which give a clear idea of the whole of Jaina ethics and dogmatics, and which originally had been published, one by one, in the 'Jaina Śāsana' weekly appearing under the auspices of the Acarya at Benares, from 1911 till 1914.
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Educational Work
All these different writings were meant to, and indeed did contribute a good deal to, the propagation and popularisation of Jainism in India. In order to reach this aim so much the safer, venerable Vijaya Dharma Sūri at the same time resorted to another expedient, viz., establishing a number of Jaina libraries and Jaina educational institutions which, if enumerated here, would make a long list. Well-known are the Viratattva Prakāśaka Maṇḍala at Shivpuri (Gwalior ), the students of which are being prepared for the title examinations of Calcutta University, the Yasovṛddhi Jaina Bālāśrama at Mahuva ( Kathiawar) and the Yasovijaya Jaina Gurukula at Palitānā. It was Vijaya Dharma Sūri's scheme to get trained up, in these institutions, a number of not only indigenous Jaina scholars, but also Jaina teachers and preachers, who would carry the spirit of Jaina religion amongst the masses, nay, even perhaps as far as Europe and America. In this connection, it must also be mentioned that it was by Vijaya Dharma Suri's instigation, that Jaina Nyaya and Jaina Vyakaraṇa were introduced as subjects for the Madhyama and Tīrtha Examinations, and the 'Pramāṇanaya-tattvā-lokālankara' prescribed for the M.A. examination in
Nyāya.
Activity as a Scholar
As a scholar, Vijaya Dharma Sūri had made himself a name by his edition of Hemacandra's Yogaśāstra, along with its author's commentary, which appeared in Bhavanagar, in the Yasovijaya Jaina Granthamālā. Of no less import, though less known, are his works on the field of Old Gujarati Jaina Literature: viz., the Aitihäsika Rasa Sangraha, Vol. 1-3 ( Bhavnagar 1920-22, Yaso
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