Book Title: Jains Today in World
Author(s): Pirre Paul AMIEL
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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________________ Their Sacred Books and Other Writings : 55 have said, this book was translated into English by Hermann Jacobi in 1882 and edited in 1884 by Max Muller in the series The Sacred Books of the East (volume 22). Another English translation (only the first section of it) is also published by Jaina Vishva Bharati, Ladnun (Rajasthan). 2) The Sūtrakstănga-sūtra expounds, in two sections, various heretical religious principles and the true Jain tenets. It was also translated into English by Hermann Jacobi and edited in 1894 by Max Muller, in the series The Sacred Books of the East (volume 45). 3) The Sthānārga-sūtra, in ten parts, includes questions about faith, religious practices, mythology, cosmology, etc. 4) The Samavāyānga-sūtra is a continuation of the former. 5) The Vyākhyāprajñapti-sūtra is very important. It is more commonly known as the Bhagavati-sútra (Venerable Sūtra). It contains: Mahāvīra's replies to questions of his disciple Indrabhūti Gautama, some informations on Jain cosmology, a description of several rival sects, like Gośāla's "ājīvika”, etc. Its analysis, by Jozef Deleu, was translated into English and edited in 1996 by Motilal Banarasidass Publishers in New Delhi. An other important work on the matter is Studies in Bhagavati-sūtra' by Dr. J. C. Sikdar which is basically his Ph. D. thesis published in book form by Research Institute of Prakrit, Jainology & Ahimsa, Muzaffarpur (Bihar), in 1964. Its other English translation is published by Jaina Bhavana, Kolkata (West Bengal). 6) The Jñātādharmakathā-sūtra describes the edifying lives of some adepts. Its chapter one Malli translated in French was later translated in English and published by Shri Amar Muni. 7) The Upāsakadaśānga-sūtra is a biography of ten of Mahāvīra's disciples having obtained liberation. It also expounds the rules of Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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