Jains Today in World

Author(s): Pirre Paul AMIEL
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE On current Indological scenario Jainology has been emerged as an important and regular branch of learning A careful study of the wide and varied range of Jain literature, which is gradually being brought to light, is proving highly expedient in assessment of India's rich cultural heritage. Today no scholar working in the field of ancient Indian culture and history can give completion to his work without a Jain bibliography. The credit for this state of affairs goes to the successful efforts of a number of scholars both Indian and foreign. Mr. Pierre Amiel is one of these foreigners very fond of Jainism who has worked a lot on it. The present title "JAINS TODAY IN THE WORLD " by
erre Amiel is a book of introductory nature dealing not only with the fundamentals of Jainism but also with the spread of Jains in the world today. In his work, apart from delineating the basic principles of Jainism, he has beautifully presented the contemporary status of Jaina Religion as well as Jains on the globe.
We are thankful to Mr. Pierre Amiel who entrusted this work to us for publication. We extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Sulekh C. Jain, Texas (USA) who has been instrumental in getting this publication for Parshwanath Vidyapeeth.
We are thankful to Shri B. N. Jain, President and Shri Indrabhooti Barar, Jt. Secretary at our Managing Committee, who were very keen to see the book published within the stipulated time.
Our thanks are also due to Dr. Shriprakash Pandey, Director incharge at Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, who not only carried out the corrections pointed out by Mr. Amiel meticulously but also diacriticalised the whole manuscript in a correct way, and managed it through the press.
We hope that this compendious work will be very useful for the scholars as well as general readers who really want to know about Jainism.
Parshwanath Vidyapeeth