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S. B. DEO and Indian scholars. The researches were more homogeneous and planned rather than sporadic. Unlike the early attempts of the previous century as evidenced by the edition of Kalpasūtra by STEVENSON (1848), the fragments of the Bhagavatī by WEBER (1886) and the German rendering of the Abhidhāna-Cintamani by BÖTHLINGK (1847), the publications during our present century appear to be more copious and systematic. Save for the biased account by Mrs. STEVENSON (1915) who could not find and understand the heart of Jainism, the other works pertaining to Jainology were masterly, the most brilliant amongst them being "Die Lehre der Jainas" by SCHUBRING (1935)
The above account need not be taken to emphasize that work pertaining to Jainism was solely restricted to foreign scholars only. Side by side, in India itself a galaxy of scholars contributed to the study of Jainism. For along with JACOBI, HERTEL, HOERNLE, SCHUBRING, GLASENAPP, GUERINOT, ALSDORF, LEUMANN, WEBER, BASHAM, and CHARPENTIER, Dr. UPADHYE, P. L. VAIDYA, Muni JINAVIJAYA, Pt. SUKHALALJI, K. P. JAIN, Prof. KAPADIA, Dr. Hiralal JAIN, Pt. Nathu Ram PREMI - to mention only a few amongst the many -- have been solely responsible for making available to the world of scholars a mine of information regarding Jainism. Institutions like the Āgamodaya Samiti, the Mānikchandra Digambara Jaina Granthamālā, the Devendrakīrti Granthamālā, the Singhi Jaina Granthamālā, and others have been helpful in sponsoring critical editions of several Jaina texts, and thus have rightly earned the gratitude of scholars.
Besides the texts and treatises, several pattāvalis and thousands of epigraphs have been brought to light during the last fifty years, as a result of which the picture of the economic, religious, social and cultural development of Jainism is emerging in clearer form. It is needless to list the persons and the institutions who have been responsible for this, for these are well-known.
Jainism offers a rich field for new research in yet one
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