Doctrine of Jainas

Author(s): Walther Shubring, Wolfgang Beurlen
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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A SHORT HISTORY OF JAIN RESEARCH non-scholars for Jainism, legitimated as he was to do so thanks to 17 years of official service in the then Bombay Presidency. Mrs. S. STEVENSON, trained in the Christian Mission of Gujarat, wrote her book "The Heart of Jainism” in 1915, thus challenging a strong resentment at least among the Digambaras?. It is curious to see that, while this authoress regretted to miss true warmth of heart in the religion she described, PERTOLD in a public lecture approved of its being excluded from ita. GUERINOT'S book "La religion djaina" (1926) was exposed to criticism as was the book just mentioned3. One year before ( 1925) H.v. GLASENAPP's by far more instructive and comprehensive work "Der Jainismus, eine indische Erlosungsreligion" had come into the hands of many grateful readers.
To the same author we owe his contribution to the Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft representing Jain literature and writing according to the different literary species. WINTERNITZ' History of Indian Literature Vol. II, p. 289-356 (1920) which deals with the same subject is too well known for its merits for being praised here.
$ 8. Thus far we have registered western working for the public knowledge of Mahāvīra's religion. As to the countless pamphlets and journals through which the Jains themselves, for the purpose of propaganda, appeal to the general public, we but mention them here in passing. Of the publications useful for scholars we refer to VIJAYADHARMA Sūri's (s.b.) Jainatattvajnāna (in Festschrift Winternitz), JAINI's “Outlines of Jainism”, P. C. Nahar's “Epitome of Jainism” and Ch. R. JAIN's "Jaina Law.” Rescarch further receives great help by compilations as are catalogues of private libraries, collections of Pattāvalis and of Prasastis, biographies, etc. They
1 Jagmanderlal JAINI A Review of thc H. of J., Ambala 1925. Earlier, Mrs STEVENSON published "Notes on modern Jainism", Oxford 1910.
2 O PERTOLD, The Place and Importance of Jainisin in the Comparative Science of Religions (Bh without year), p 21, "I think this scntimental aspect is the lcast desirable in a modern religion, which must go parallel with the fast development of sciences"
3 Critically reviewed by Charlotte KRAUSE ZDMG 84, P 192-202, comp also FRAUWALLNER WZKM 36, p. 336 ff.