Jain Journal 1968 07

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

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Books on Jainology
BUEHLER, G., The Life of Hemacandrācārya, translated from German
by Manilal Patel (Singhi Jaina Series No. 11), Singhi Jaina Jnanapitha, Santiniketan, 1936. Pages xv +104. Price Rs. 3.50.
Discusses sources and gives account of his youth, his relation with Jayasimha Siddharaja and Kumarapala, Kumarapala's conversion and its consequences and his literary works after Kumarapala's
conversion. Also gives detailed notes. Foreward by M. Winternitz. HEMACANDRA, Abhidhāna-cintamani (Sri Yasovijaya Jaina
Granthamala No. 41), edited by Hargovindas and Bechardas, Nathalal Laxmichand Vakil, Bhavnagar, V. S. 2441. Pages 620. Price Rs. 3.75.
Text with svopajña tikā. HEMACANDRA, Anyayogavyavacchedadvātìmśikā with Avacūri (Satya
vijaya Jaina Granthamala No. 4), edited by Muni Sri Manavijaya, Sri Satyavijaya Jaina Granthamala Fund, Ahmedabad, V.S. 1924. Pages 42.
Text with avacūri. HEMACANDRA, Deśīnāmamālā (Bombay Sanskrit Series No. XVII)
edited by R. Pischel and G. Buehler, The Department of Public Instruction, Bombay, 1880. Part I. Pages 10+300. Price Rs. 3.25.
Text and critical notes with a historical introduction by Pischel. HEMACANDRA, Kavyānuśāsana, 2 Vols., edited by R. C. Parikh, Sri
Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, Bombay, 1938. Pages 16+612 ; cccxxx+276. Price Rs. 6.00.
Vol. I-Text with Alamkāracūdāmaņi and Viveka by Hemacandra and an anonymous tippaņa.
Vol. II - Part I contains a critical account of Mss. and a history of Gujarat as a back-ground to the life and times of Hemacandra and a review of his works. Part II contains note in English by
R. B. Athavale. Forward by A. B. Dhruva. HEMACANDRA, Kumārapālacarita (Prākrta Dvyāšraya Kāvya (Bombay
Sanskrit Series No. LX), edited by Sankar Pandurang Pandit, The Department of Public Instruction, Bombay, 1900. Pages xxiv+15+298+14+9+124+209. Price Rs. 8.50.
Text with a commentary by Purnakalasa Gani. A Prakrit poem to illustrate the rules of his Prakrit Grammar (eighth chapter of Siddha-Hema) serially. Historical introduction, detailed contents, various readings and glossary of words.