Essence Of Jaina Scriptures

Author(s): Jagdish Prasad Jain
Publisher: Kaveri Books

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PREFACE
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translation thereof, follow the pattern of book-wise numbering, e.g. II.5 (for PS 97) and III.8 (for PS 208), I have also retained that pattern for Book II and Book III along with consecutive numbering for the whole book for the convenience of the readers.
Like Amrtachandra's commentary of Samayasara, Amrtachandra's commentary of Pravachanasara, though written in prose, also contains poetic compositions or verses, called Kalash (246 in Samayasara, and 22 in Pravachanasara). I have revised translations of these Kalash verses. I have also numbered them and kept them separate from the commentary in prose. The English translation of Faddegon of the 36 additional verses given only in Tatparyavrtti commentary of Jayasena has been given after Amrtachandra's commentary. The glossary in the book has been reproduced from Pravachanasara, translated and edited by A.N. Upadhye. However, references to verses (gathas) have been changed to the consecutive numbering for the whole book, instead of book-wise numbering.
I express my sincere gratitude to Shri Ashok Jain of Jain Family Trust for sponsoring the publication of this book. I express my sincere thanks to my sons, Rajendra Kumar Jain and Pradeep Kumar Jain, and my daughter-in-law, Sunita Jain, for their encouragement, support and help of various kinds. I thank my grand-daughter Ruchika and grandson Anekant, who have helped in various ways including proofreading. I also thank Vaishali Gupta for typing the bulk of the manuscript and carrying out corrections.
12 March 2014
JAGDISH PRASAD JAIN