Jain Granth Prashasti Sangraha 01

Author(s): Parmanand Jain
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust

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pendent collections of Prasasts have been published, for instance : Sri-prasasti-samgrahah by A. m. Shaha, Ahmedabad Samvat 1993; Jaina pustaka-prasastı-samgraha, vol. I, ed. Jinavíjaya Muni, Singhi Jain Series 17, Bombay 1943 Even a cursory glance through these publications will convince any one of the great value and usefulness of the material.
Pt. Jugalkishore Mukthar is a front-rank scholar who has worked hard throughout his lengthy career to unearth inportant information about rare works and unknown authors, His contributions have enlightened many dark corners of Indian literature in general and Jaina literature in particular He has spent his valuable time in many Ms.-collections and gathered together a lot of useful material. He has a linnger and thirst for new facts and fresh evidence His various articles in the Jaina Hitaishi and Anekanta speak eloquently for his strenuous labour and deep scholar. ship. He weighs his evidence with a remarkable legal acumen; and as a critic he is thorough and unsparing. What he has achieved singlehanded through his manifold writings should be a matter of pride for any Institution
In this Jainagrantha-prasasti-samgraha Pt. Jugal. kishore has presented from his personal colection Prasastis from 171 works embracing various subjects like logic,religion, narrative, didactic and hymnal poetry, ritual, metaphysics, drama, grammar etc. both in Sanskrit and Parkrit. Some of these Prasastis give important bits of informotion. The Prasastis of Ganitasara-sa mgtaha and Jayadhavala refer to Amoghavarsa Nrpatungą, the Rashtrakuta rules; and