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Jainism: The Cosmic Vision of Jain Studies. On Siddhsena Divakar's 170 Prakrit gathas (Stories written in verse) titled Sanmati Tarka, Shri Abhaydevsuri wrote a commentary of twenty five thousand verses titled Vada-Maharnava. This book is a stockpile of Jain Philosophy. Pundit Sukhlalji collected its numerous manuscripts and edited them in collaboration with Pandit Bechardasji. Ten persons read the manuscript and Pundit Sukhlalji adjudged it. Even the scholar of the stature of Prof. Hermann Jacobi was astonished to see this scene. In this context one is reminded of 'Saman Sutta' a substance-book of the Jain religion which was compiled at the suggestion of Vinobaji.
Published in seven parts Abhidhana Rajendra Kosha can be regarded as a collection of Agam Literature. Extracting substance from agams, commentaries, annotations and other Prakrit books Shri Rajendrasuri compiled this lexicon. Against every Prakrit word, he placed its Sanskrit equivalent and explained it elaborately in Sanskrit. (Abhidhan Rajendra Kosha, Publisher : Abhidhan Rajendra Karyalaya, Ratlam) Shatavadhani (having ability to attend to a hunderd things simaltaneously) Pundit Munishri Ratnachandraswami compiled Jainagam Shabdasangrah in Gujarati. (Jainagam Shabdasangrah, Ed. Pt. Munishri Ratnachandrajiswami, Published : Sanghvi Gulabchand Jasraj, Limbdi, First Edition : 1926 A.D.)
It gives short Gujarati meanings of Ardhamagadhi words. The Prakrit Dictionary compiled by him was published in five languages. Another noteworthy dictionary of the Prakrit language is the paepa sadda mahannavo. The eight parts of the book titled Jain Sahityano Bruhad Itihas and published by Prachya Vidyamandir (Vadodara), Bhandarkar Institute (Pune), Jain Sanskrit Series and Parshvanath Vidyashram of Varanasi
Activities of Jain Religion in the Last Century should be regarded as very valuable. This institution awarded the Ph.D. degree to many. The Ahimsa and Prakrit Vidyapith of Vaishali is devoted to Jain studies. The chairs of Jainology in the Banaras Hindu University, the Mysore University, the Pune University, the Udaipur University, the Patiyala University etc, direct studies and research in Jainology. The Kendriya Sampurnanand Sanskrit Institute in Delhi and the Prakrit Department of Dharwar University do this work.
In the field of journalism, the tradition of Jain magazines of Gujarat enjoys a respectable status.
With financial co-operation of Sheth Shri Umabhai Hathisinh and Sheth Shri Maganbhai Karamchand, the Jain Sabha of Ahmedabad published the monthly titled Jain Deepak only after two years following the Independence war of 1857. Then in 1875 A.D. Shri Keshavlal Shivram and Shri Chhaganlal Umedchand published from Ahmedabad the magazine, Jain Divakar. As many as 126 Gujarati Jain Magazines were published from 1959 to 1982 A.D. (Jain Patrakaratva : Ek Zalak, Author: Gunvant A. Shah, A research paper presented in the fourth Jain Sahitya Samaroh). Published by Shri Keshavlal Shivram from Ahmedabad in 1884, Jain Sudharas continued for about a year. Under the supervision of the reknowned dramatist Dahyabhai Dholshaji, Shri Jain Dharmapravartak Sabha (Ahmedabad) published the magazine titled Syadvad and a few months later it also published Jaina Hitechchhupatra. Its editor, who was famous as V. M. Shah, was a philosopher. The oldest of Jain magazines which are published today is Jain Dharma Prakash. The Jain Dharma Prasarak Sabha of Bhavnagar has been publishing it since last hundred years. After he had started publishing the newspaper Prajabhandu in Ahmedabad,
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