Jain Journal 2003 04

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

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XXXVII, NO. 4 APRIL 2003
BOOK REVIEWS
Sthānānga-sútra-edited by Muni Jambū Vijaya with the commentary of Acārya Abhayadevasūri, Sri Mahāvīra Jaina Vidyālaya, Mumbai- 400 036, A. D. 2002, pp 1-42 (in Gujarāti) + 43-48 (in Sanskrit) + 49-50 (in English) + 51-58 (contents) + 1-303 (Text) + 1171 (gāthāvivarana) + 1-40 (Appendices).
One of the finest specimens of modern scholarship in editing the Agama text of the Jainas is the latest edition of Muni Jambū Vijayajī's text of the Sthānanga-sútra. This edition was originally published by Mahāvīra Jain Vidyālaya, Mumbai, in 1985. The present edition is based on this edtion with some changes here and there. Moreover, one palmleaf manuscript found in the Bhandarkar Oriental Reserch Institute, Pune, was also consulted. This additional manuscript has helped to improve the original text of Mumbai. From that point of view, this edition can be regarded as the improved version of the previous edition. In this edition the Sanskrit commentary of Acārya Abhayadeva-sūri composed in Vikrama-samvat 1120 is also given. In addition to that in order to understand the găthās quoted in the commentary, Sumatikallola and Harsanandanagani's Gāthāvivarana composed in Vikrama-era 1705 is also incorporated. In short, this edition is quite scholastic and gives us lots of information which will surely enhance the quality of the edition.
Although Abhayadeva's commentary was published in the Agama-samgraha from Benares in 1880 and by the Agamodayasamiti, Bombay in 1918-1920, this edition has surpassed all the previous editions of the text. The printing and paper of the book are excellent and the type of the Devanagari character will sooth the eyes of the reader. Muni Jambūvijayaji is planning to complete the text in four parts. I can recommend the work to all lovers of Jain studies.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee Hemacandra's Pramāna mīmāmsā - edited by Nagin J. Shah with Sanskrit text in Roman script with English translation, Pt. Sukhlalji's extensive Introduction and philosophical notes, Gujarāt Vidyapitha, Ahmedabad 380 014, 2002, pp. xxxvi + 456, price Rs. 450.00
The International Centre for Jaina Studies of Gujarat Vidyapitha, Ahmedabad, is to be thanked for publishing Hemacandra's Pramanamimārsā, a work on Jaina Logic, critically edited by Nagin J. Shah, a renowned and eminent Sanskrit scholar of Indian philosophy. The present volume contains the Sanskrit text of the Pramāņa-mimāṁsā in Roman script printed here for the first time. The English translation of this book was done by Satkari Mookerjee in collaboration with Nathmal Tantia from the edition of Pandit Sukhlalji published in the