Jain Tattva Digdarshan

Author(s): Vijaydharmsuri
Publisher: Yashovijay Jain Granthmala

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त्रिषष्टिशलाकापुरुषचरित्र आदि ग्रन्थों में विस्तार पूर्वक
जैन साहित्य के विषय में पाश्चात्य विद्वान् भी मुक्तकण्ठ होकर प्रशंसा करते हैं कि जैनाचार्य निष्पक्षपाती
* As I was told that Jain Literature resembled very much that of the Bauddhas. But I was aware very soon of the fact, that Jain Literature is by far superior to that of the Buddhists, and the mora
became acquainted with Jain Religion and Jain Literature, the more I loved them,
Some publications I had first seen had given me the wrong idea, that Jain narrators were as awekward as Buddhist ones. But I was soon aware of the fact that I was completely mistaken with this view, and that, on the contrary it is a merit merely of Jain auothers to have cultivated, in Sanskrit as well, as in Prakrit, in prose and in verse an easy and natural style which makes their tales delightful to the reader, whereas the prose of am, gtry and other brahmanical authors of a later time, is too artificial in the outer form to give a real satisfaction on the contents of their productions.
By Dr. JOHANNES HERTEL.
DOEBELS, GERMAS EMPIRE.