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JAIN JOURNAL
topics which are untouched and unearthed. The editor of this Journal encourages the conscientious research scholars to contribute articles on the abstruse topics. This Journal embraces all sorts of subjects, such as, philosophy and religion, hagiographical and historical gleanings, folk-tales and parables, monastic and discipline, grammar and linguistics, and what not. It has revealed many undisclosed chapters of Indian cultural history. That is why, the Journal is full of riveted thoughts and trenchant ideas as far as the contents are concerned.
The Journal is printed beautifully on good quality paper and in good type with diacritical marks at the well-known press of Calcutta and bound in good boards it is neatly and nicely printed on white wove paper which catches the eyes of the scholars and prompts them to read it. I hope the readers of the Journal will agree with me to say that the Journal is free from printing mistakes a quality which is rarely found in any Journal in these days. In this respect, the credit must go to the editor. It is his single handed workmanship which makes the Journal so perfect. It should be noted in this connection that the editor runs another two Journals-one a monthly Journal in Bengali, Sramana by name and the other one a monthly Journal in Hindi Titthayara by name. All these three Journals are regular and well-executed. Strange enough to say, that all the journals are interesting in themes and free from printing mistakes. It is equally strange to say that all are managed by a single person. Shri Ganesh Lalwani, the editor of these three Journals, is a dedicated person who has not only considered this running of the three Journals as a sacred duty in his life, but has also conceived a life long dream to foster the study of Jainism in a befitting manner. Lalwaniji is a unique personality in Jain scholarship and under his editorship and supervision the Jain Journal has made a noteworthy progress in the field of Jainology. Despite the financial stringency the editor of these three Journals has lavished on them unstinted labour and meticulous care for making them prestigious and foremost among the domain of Indological journals
To read the Jain Journal is a pleasure, to contemplate on it is a food for philosophical thoughts, to quote from it is a scholarly habit, and to contribute in it is a gratification of the soul. I believe research student on Jainism must have this journal by the side of his research table. I have a firm faith in the progress of
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