Jaina Epistemology

Author(s): Indra Chandra Shastri
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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About the Author
Late Prof. (Dr. ) Indra Chandra Shastri, Shastracharya, Vedantavaridhi, Nyayatirtha, was a great and renowned philo-1 sopher, an exceptional scholar, author and exponent of the country endowed with a truely versatile genius. Shunning the lime light of publicity, he made outstanding contribution in various fields of knowledge creating social awareness with human consciousness. His contributions are pioneering and have blazed a new trail. His work is by all accounts monumental and is of fundamental value. Distinquished by notable academic achievements his scholarship encompasses Religion, Philosopha (eastern and western), Culture, Indology, History of Indo-European languages, Grammar, Linguistics and Philology, Sociology, Poetics, Logic, Epistemology, Sanskrit, Prakrit inculuding Pali and so on and so forth. His role was that of a social reformer, a savant as an iconociast, which he successfully performed through his writings, lectures, public utterances and direct contact with students and people all over the country. At a minimal estimate in the career span of 60 years he wrote nearly 70 books, more than 600 research papers and articles, delivered a few hundred public lectures and speeches all over India reflecting on healthy and positive aspect of religion with emphasis on social reform and national integration. Throughout his life he carried on an effective campaign against obscurantism, superstitions and religious dogmas.
.. Dr. Shastri was a philosopher-thinker in his approach. He made dispassionate, critical analysis of thought currents which have prevailed over the centuries. In doing so, he does not follow any tradition but argues and writes independently with rare imagination, combined with abstract thinking, thus giving a fresh dimension to thought. His entire effort can be epitomised as individual spiritualism (he owes much to the Anekanta of Jainism), supplemented by the scholosticism of a genius. He has contributed on diverse literary subjects like Sanskrit poetics, Philology and Jain literature but his forte has been Religion, Philosophy and Culture.