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passed away
Jain Digest Second ICPNA
recently discovered in a survey of a part of the projected Castle Heri
antiques in the Bhilwara district of tage Park. This will also benefit the conference held
Rajasthan. These sculptures include people of Leicester. The second International Conference
Surya, Kuber, Varaha, and Laxmiof Peace and Non-Violent Action
Narayana, representing Jain and All India summer was held at Rajsammand-Udaipur Hindu faiths.
school was held from February 17-21, 1991. At the conference a declaration was
Jaisalmer JAINA adopted, regarding peace and non
The all India summer school in Bhandara manuscript Prakrit language and literature was violent action. The declaration requested different organizations of
held by the Bhogilal Leherchand the world to adopt the idea of non
The well known Jaina Bhandara of Institute of Indology. Though the violence in both the family as well as
the Jain Temple at Jaisalmer contains the Jain Temple
activities of this institute do include in social context.
one of the oldest collections of all branches of Indological studies,
manuscripts of Jain history. It will be special emphasis is given to the Acharya Shree Vijay
made available to researchers of the Prakrit and Jain studies.
faith. For more information contact: This year the program was refined Ramchandra Surishar Shri Joharimal Parekh, Serva Mandir through extensive planning. The
Ravati, Soorsagar, Jodpur-342024 main goals were to keep the link (India).
between the participants alive so that
it is possible for the Institute to Research center maintain a community setting and to
to cast a net so that scholars who are begins projects
interested in the knowledge of the
Prakrit are able to gain from this Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational endeavor. The following members of Research center has started three
the teaching faculties conducted the major projects. In order to facilitate lectures: Pt. D.D. Malvania, Shri research on Agam Granthas, all
Jitendra B. Shah, Dr. Sagarmal Jain, 70,000 shlokas from all forty-five
Dr. Raja Ram Jain, Dr. Bhagchandra agamas have been entered in the
Jain, Dr. K.R. Chandra, Dr. Damodar computer. The Jain reference Library
Shastri, Dr. Ram Sajiwan Shukla, Dr. has acquired about 10,000 articles in Prem Shingh, Dr. P.S. Jain, Dr. Phool On August 9, 1991 Acharya Shree various languages from all over the
Chand Jain and Shri Dinanath Vijay Ramchandra Surisharji passed world. The center has decided to
Sharma. away. He was a spiritual guide for
publish an authoritative history of the millions of Jains and Non-Jains alike.
last 2,500 years of Sramana Culture. He guided the Jains of India for
The well known historian, Dr. many years. He ordained 900 Sadhus Madhusudan Dhaky has agreed to
Feature Articles and Sadhvis in his lifetime, probably more than any other modem day provide services for this project. Acharya. The cremation was held August 9th, on the banks of the river Sabarmati, and was attended by Jain Museum is Conference was millions of his followers. A permanent memorial will be built in his
being planned held at Harvard Unimemory.
Plans are well in hand for setting up a Museum of Jainism on the ground
versity Jain sculptures
floor of the Jain Center in Leicester. A conference exploring the new
This will not only be a major tourist diversity of religions was held at found in Rajasthan attraction, but the means of spreading Harvard University October 4-5,
knowledge and understanding of Jain 1991. The conference invited people About forty sculptures dating from faith and the principals of Jainism to
of leadership from Hindu, Sikh, Jain the 9th to 16th centuries were
a wider audience. The Jain Center is
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