Jain Journal 1991 07

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

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and non-Jainas. I made a sample survey and confined my study to five years 1977 to 1981. There is Leona Smith Kremser pouring out her mellifluous verses in each issue of Jain Journal-'Dearly Beloved', 'At the Feet of the Jina', 'Chant for a Jaina Child', 'Karma' 'The Bright Religion of the Jinas'. Even in the latest issue of Jain Journal, she has not failed to contribute her poem entitled 'His Name, Jina. Along with Leona Smith Kremser, we cannot forget the other poetess Clare Rosenfield who writes under the nom de plume of Brahmi (daughter of Rsabhadeva). Her long poems 'Song to Truth' and 'Satrunjaya in Heart' appear in July, 1979 and April, 1980 numbers. The latter is in her own beautiful handwriting illustrated with pencil sketches.
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Coming to prose, we have three articles from Japanese Suzuko Ohira Jaina Theory of Lesya' (XIII, 4), 'Yoga-Triplet' (XIV, 4) and 'Problems of the Purva' (XV, 2). Other foreign writers are Lyssay Miller, Richard Kleifgen, Gustav Roth, Witold L. Langrod, Noel Rettig. And in the latest issue (Jan. 91) we have Robert J. Zydenbos writing on 'Jaina Influence in the Formation of Dvaita Vedanta'.
National Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterji breathed his last on May 29, 1977. Paying homage to him, July, 1977 issue of the Jain Journal contains an article on Jaina Dharma and Ahimsa' from the pen of that great savant. Other noteworthy contributions are 'Evolution of Jaina Sangha' and 'Jaina Concept of Karma', by J. C. Sikdar. Both these articles are treatises and run in several numbers of the Jain Journal. The first article started appearing in January, 1977 and ended in January, 1979. The second article started in July, 1980 and ended in January, 1981.
We have the mind-boggling articles of Sajjan Singh Lishk with a backdrop of higher mathematics-1. 'Obliquity of Ecliptic in the Concept of Mount Meru'.2. 'Length Units in Jaina Astronomy', 3. 'Certain Peculiarities of Jaina School of Astronomy', and 4. 'Five Circular Parts of Jambudvipa'. In the same category fall the articles of L. C. Jain on 'Theoretic Technique in Jaina School of Mathematics', of Radha Charan Gupta on 'Jaina Formulas for the Arc of a Circular Segment', of S. B. P. Sinha on 'Jaina Doctrine of Nyaya', of Gour Hazra on 'Jaina View of Inference', of Yajneshwar $. Shatri on 'Reconciliation of Different View-points', of Navjyoti