Jain Journal 1995 10

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

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JAIN JOURNAL : Vol-XXX, No. 2. October 1995
These difficulties further strengthened the Mother's determination. As a first step she learnt Kannada. Next she decided to take the verses from ancient Kannada copies only and then modify them according to the correct meanings.
After carefully examining the verses from an ancient copy available from Bhattāraka Charukeerthi's Bhandara (Library) at Moodabidri, she could correct them. Since this copy was imperfect, research based on it was also incomplete. Then she had the blessings of Sri Jainmath Sravanabelagola's Bhattāraka Charukeerthi. In his Library a Kannada copy written in the year 1266 was available. Swāmīji sent one complete copy to the Mother after transliterating it from Kannada script to Devanāgari script by Pandit Devkumar Shastri. With the help of this copy she could place hundreds of deleted verses in their original position.
o edit and translate this work of the Tiloyapannatti, the Mother worked continuously for five years. The place of this work was Shri Pārsvanātha Digambara Jain Temple at Udaipur. According to scholars, this work of the Mother is an excellent achievement in Jaina Āgamas and is also a historic service to the community. This text consisting of nearly 8,000 verses has now been published in three volumes.8
Mother's work on the Tiloyapannatti was greatly welcomed by one and all in India and abroad. In fact, her mathematical solutions and expositions have been studied and appreciated in the research works of Dr. R.C. Gupta, UNESCO Representative for the History of Science in India and by the Japanese team of Professor Takao Hayashi, working in the History of Mathematics and also by Professors L.C. Jain, A.N. Singh and B.B. Datta.
Appendix Following are some of the specialities of the Mother's recent publications.
1. Clear explanation is given wherever necessary. 2. In relation to mathematical theorems difficult points are described
in complete detail so that this work which was considered to be difficult not only for common people but also for scholars could
be read by one and all. 3. An attempt has been made to make crystal clear some of the
material through figures and tables. There are totally 53 figures -50 in the first, 2 in the second and 1 in the third volume.
8. The first and the third volumes were released in Bhinder in July 1984
and April 1988 respectively. The second volume was released in April 1986 in Salumber.