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I hope the publication of this important work will be of immense value to the keen students of Jain philosophy and will inspire them to further studies.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee
Śrichandra Chorariya (ed) — Cyclopaedia of Yoga (Yoga-Kośa), Jain Darśan Samiti, 16 c Dover Lane, Calcutta, 1993, pp. 90+336. Price Rs. 100.00
It is a great pleasure in introducing the first part of the Cyclopaedia of Yoga (Yoga-kosa) by Srichand Chorariya who has been known to the scholarly world for his contributions to the different Cyclopaedias of Jainism. Sri Chorariya in his own scholastic way has divided the text into several divisions as followed normally in the library science. As this is a Cyclopaedia it contains all the references found in the Jain literature. The most important aspect of his collection is that he has given all the references from the Jain texts and not from his own fanciful mind. He has made this book an authentic one. Those who are familiar with his works on Cyclopaedias know that his method is very scientific and lofty. This book will also give us a hint of how to do research on a particular topic of Jainism. R.L. William's Jaina Yoga (London, 1962) is a book on the study of Jaina Yoga, but Chorariya's book is a Cyclopaedia on the Jaina Yoga. And naturally the latter will be more exhaustive than the former one.
This Yoga-kosa is well-printed and carefully hard bound. There are exceptionally few printing mistakes which the author himself has
out separately. It has elaborate introduction containing about 75 pages. I hope, in future, we will get similar other works from him.
Sri Chorariya is a good scholar on Jainism and an outstanding laborious researcher for the cause of Jainism. I hope this book will be received well by the scholars of the world.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee
Prem Suman Jain- Prākrta Bhāsā evam Sahitya, Prakrit Jñāna Bharati Education Trust, Bangalore, 1993, pp. 158, Price. 140.00.
This book on the Prakrit language and literature edited by Dr Prem Suman Jain is a collection of articles in Hindi. There are eighteen articles on various subjects of the Prakrit language and literature, it has material more on literature than on language. This treatise, in general, is a good collection on the theme mentioned above. The article on the origin and development of the Prakrit language is quite good and the author has discussed some new points which were not found earlier. There are some information also in some articles about
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