Jinamanjari 1998 04 No 17

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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1. A Study of Pramāṇanayatattvāloka
Translation By Uno Atsushi.
25. The Nyāyāvatāra: anyathānupapatti and uha By Kano Kyo. 53. Study of Anekāntavādapraveśa By Fujinaga Sin.
79. The Report on the Jaina Section in the 10th World Sanskrit Conference, Bangalore, India, January 1997By Yamaguchi Eiichi. 93. Book Information for Jaina Study By Fujinaga Sin.
This volume contains two annotated translations of important Jaina treatises. Prof. Uno continues his annotated Japanese translations of the Pramaṇanayatattvāloka, a well known primer of Jaina logic which was composed by Vādi Devāsūri. Prof. Fujinaga's translation is a pioneering work in the study of the Anekantavāda, the doctrine propounded by Mahāvīra, the last Tirthankara. The Anekantavādaprvesa is a digest and introduction of the Anekantavadajayapatākā of famous Jaina scholar Haribhandra.
Prof. Kano's article on Nyāyātāra and Prof. Uno's translation inquire into the epistemological tradition of Jainism. The Nyāyātāra of venerable Siddhasenadiwakara is regarded as the earliest full-fledged treatise on logico-epistemolgy in Jainism. Both articles refer to the concept of antarvyāpti which plays a very important role not only in the Jaina theory of logic but also in the history of Indian epistemology as a whole, and should open new vistas for the study of this field.
Prof. Yamaguchi's report on the Jaina Section in the World Sanskrit Conference and Fujinaga's brief book review provide invaluable information for Japanese Jaina scholars for whom such information is hard to come by.
An Annotated Japanese
Prof. H. Nagasaki is the Chief Editor of the journal, and he is assisted by an editorial board based at Otani university. Annual academic conference papers are usually published in the journal, the following year. Contributions are welcome, if articles are related to Jainism. The address is: Society for Jaina Studies C/O Prof. H. Nagasaki's Office, University of Otani, Koyama-Kamihusacho, 603 Kyoto, Japan. The journal may be purchased by sending international postal money in U$. 20.00.
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