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JAIN JOURNAL
Jñana (knowledge) has been viewed as an invaluable aid to salvation in all the Indian religious attitudes, the more so in the Jaina where the liberated souls are characterised more by omniscience than anything else. This is followed by another article on the notion of pratyakşa as it is discussed in Hemacandra's Pramāņa-mimānsā. Pt. Dalsukh Malvania has made an exhaustive discussion on vyavahāra and niscaya naya of the Agamic age. The notion of sat-asat, nitya-anit ya, etc., is important in Indian religious tradition and Pt. Sukhlal Sanghvi has presented a brief and neat comparative study on this based on Haribhadra's Anekānta-jayapatākā. Mansukhlal T. Mehta's article 'Possession : the Root of Crimes' should be of topical interest in view of the express antagonism to the possessor class at this time and the rise of extremist philosophy like the one propounded by Herbert Marcuse which has detected 'irrationality' in the existing system and desires its early demolition. There are two articles : one on poet Sripala and another on merchant prince Bastupala, both of the kingdom of Patana. There is an anthology of verses from Yati Kanakakusala, a poet from Kaccha, and another, a hymn dedicated to the twentyfour Tirthankaras by a Gujrati poet Lavanyasamaya. Though Jainism has no place for bhaktivāda, some Jaina devotees have taken their cue from their Hindu counterparts and written poems expressing devotion to the liberated souls. This literature, though less known than the Vaisnava literatures of the Hindus, is pretty rich and claims many celebrated writers like Anandaghana and Cidananda. On this literature in Gujrati Pannalal R. Shah has made an important contribution. Muni Ramanikavijay has edited a long poem entitled Ananda-sandhi written in Apabhramsa by Vinaya Candra, a disciple of Ratnasimha Suri. Ramanlal C. Shah has written an exhaustive article on Vacaka Megharaja's Nala-Damayanti-carita. Vijayarai K. Vaidya throws light on the medieval Jaina writers of Gujarat. Pt. Bechardas J. Doshi has written on a Persian encyclopaedia entitled Pärasika-prakāśa compiled by one Krishnadas Misra. Manjulal R. Mazumdar has written on folk life of Gujarat. Prabhasa Sankar Teraiya's contribution deals with dvirukta (reproductives) in Gujarati language. Of Ludwig Alsdorf's essay on Itthiparinna, a work on chanda (metre), there is a Gujarati translation by Arunodaya. N. Jani Narasimha L. Shah writes on Jaina Mathematics and its significance. Hirabahen R. Pathak's long essay on viraha (separation of love) would be read with interest. Viraha has been an important element in the works of many poets, dramatists and fiction-writers. Muni Jinavijaya has written on Jaina poet Hemaratna's heroic poem entitled Gora-Vādal-Padmanikathā-caupāi. Muni Punyavijaya has written on the lesser known inscriptions and panegyrics of Vastupala ; they have been quoted at length. Sri Saraju B. Doshi has contributed an illustrated article on the
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