Jain Journal 1968 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Books on Jainology
BHATTACHARYYA, HARISATYA, Anekāntavāda (with a foreword by Jayantilal Bhaishankar Dave), Shree Jaina Atmanand Sabha, Bhavnagar, 1953. Pages xxix+208. Rs. 2.00.
Principles of Anekāntavāda explained with practical application of Saptabhangi by appropriate examples. It also contains 'A few Thoughts on Anekāntavāda' by Muni Bhadrankara Vijaya.
DESAI, P. B., Jainism in South India and Some Jaina Epigraphs (Jivaraja Jaina Granthamala No. 6), Jaina Samskriti Samrakshaka Sangha, Sholapur, 1957. Pages xiv+454. Rs. 16.00.
Dissertation on the career of Jainism in the South, especially in the areas in which Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages are spoken. Some Kannada Inscriptions from the areas of the former Hyderabad State and round about are also given both in Roman and Devnagri characters along with their critical study in English and summary in Hindi. Illustrated.
HANDIQUI, KRISHNA KANTA, Yasastilaka and Indian Culture (Jivaraja Jaina Grandhamala No. 2), Jaina Samskriti Samrakshaka Sangha, Sholapur, 1949. Pages viii+539. Rs. 16.00.
A treatise on Somadeva's Yasastilaka and aspects of Jainism and Indian thought and culture in the tenth century. It discusses Somadeva and his age, the story and its sources, Yasastilaka as a prose romance, as a socio-political record, as a religious romance, as an anthology of Sanskrit verse, philosophical doctrines, schools of thought, Jaina dogmatics and moral and spiritual discipline, the anuprekṣās and Jaina religious poetry, controversial dialogue, Jainism and other faiths, Jaina criticism of Vedic sacrifices, non-Jaina cults, customs and beliefs, Jaina religious and moral stories, myths and legends quotations and references. Contains appendix on Somadeva and the Pratihara Court of Kanauj, the verses on the courtesan's corpse and a Buddhist legend, Saiva temples and their geographical distribution and the Kalamukha Sect. Also gives index of geographical names mentioned in Yasastilaka and general index.