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Jacobi, and he was followed by two eminent Indologjsts, i.e. Prof. Seiren Matsunami (1903-1979), a student of Dr. Walther Schubring, and Prof. Hajjme Nakamura. Both of them have discussed several matters of importance on Jainism in their books.
In 1986, The Society for Jaina Studies was founded. The main activities of the Society are 1) holding meetings once a year where three members read papers on Jainism, 2) exchanging necessary information on Jaina studies, both domestic and abroad, and 3) publishing a yearly journal.
Although a number of theses on Jainism have been published by Japanese scholars, here I will confine myself to a discussion of recent articles of the last decade.
Independent books dealing with Jainism: (1) H. Nagasaki: A Study of Jainu Epistemology (Japanese Translation of Hemacundru's Prumāņumimāṁsā), (452pp.) Kyoto, 1988. (2) S. Ohira: A Study of the Bhagavatīsālru: A Chronological Analysis (Prakrit Text Series NO.28), (287pp.) Ahmedabad, 1994. (3) T. Hayashi: Indian Mathematics (in Japanese), (299pp.) Tokyo, 1993. The fourth chapter deals with Mathematics in Jainism. (4) M. Yamazaki and Y. Ousaka: Ā Pāda Index and Reverse Pūda Index to Early Jaina Canons [Ayāranga, Sūyagada, Uttarājjhāyā, Dasaveyāliya, and Işibhāsiyāim), (537pp.) Tokyo, 1996. This work was originally published in five separate volumes in 1994-95.
Articles Included in Commemoration Volumes or Independent Books: (1) T. Tanigawa: "Āgamic Jainism (in Japanese)," included in the Serial Issues of Oriental Thought, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1988.
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