Jain Gazette 1920 06

Author(s): Jagnanderlal Jaini, Ajit Prasada, C S Mallinath Jain
Publisher: Jaina Gazette Office

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distinguished Indrabhuti Gautama, Ganadhara of Lord Mahavira, from Gautama Buddha, and Akshapada Gautama, of the Nyaya Sutras. He found references to Jaina doctrines in Tripitakas, the canonical books of the Buddhists, and he ridiculed the queer notion that Jainism was a mere off-shoot of Buddhism in the 8th Century A.D. when Buddhism was languishing in decline, and felt astonished that it was seriously entertained by persons who were expected to have known better, but did not. In the same address speaking of the Bharat Jaina Mahamandal, the All-India Jaina Association, he said that 'it gave the first impulse to all progressive movements in the Jaina Community, and through its organ, the JAINA GAZETTE supplied motive power and vital energy to all Jain movements in India. The Mahamandal, conferred upon him the title of "Siddhant Mahodadhi.' Born in 1864, he achieved high scholastic distinctions at the Krishnanagar College, where he was appointed a Professor. He has left a widow, five sons and a daughter to mourn his loss, and our heartfelt sympathies go to them in their sad bereavement.
AJIT PRASADA.
Notes and News.
Mahatma Gandhi presiding on the occasion of the Mahavira Jayanti Celebration at Ahmedabad, paid a glowing tribute to the Universality of the Jain Principle of Ahimsa, which fitted it for being the World-Religion
Rai Bahadur Sultan Singh, a leading reis of Delhi, was at home to a large number of his European and Indian friends on 5th evening. Amongst those present were Mrs. Hailey, Mr. Barren, Chief Commissioner, Delhi, Dr. Platt, M. D. and almost all of local reiser. Rai Bahadur Sultan Singh left Indis on the 12th April for England via Japan and America. We wish him a successful and happy voyage.
During the last 3 months there have been numerous marriages celebrated among Jain families of all ranks and position; and now we find an announcement of a marriage between the Son of Rai Bahadur Seth Tikam Soni of Ajmere, and the daughter of Sir Seth Hukmchand of Indore. Thousands of rupees have been spent in each one of them, and lakhs will be spent in the marriage last announced. May we suggest, once again, that the charities on these marriage ocoasions may take a form of permanent utility to the communlty, or the public.
Mr. G. W. Lamplengh, President of the Geological Society gave & vivid description of "what England looked like about 30,000 years ago, at the glacial