Jinamanjari 1998 09 No 18

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

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who are also increasingly interested in the study of comparative religion. Yet the quest for the transformation of Jainism into a world-religion has only begun. To date it is practised merely by a small proportion of the Indian population, with a distinctive caste and class background. In the eyes of P.S.Jaini (1990) the claim of universality is yet to be realised: "Having not confined to the original homeland, India; having made new homes in all parts of the world, now there is the opportunity, indeed a duty, to make this benevolent religion accessible to the whole world (9)." But in order to make it universally acceptable as well, doctrinal and organisational innovations might be inevitable. ☐
1. It might be added that access to the only remaining copies of the Digambara Satkhaṇḍāgama, which were already in a state of decomposition, was gained by Hiralal Jain and A.N. Upadhye only by using the equally devious means of smuggling some manuscripts out of the monastery at Mudbidri (Dundas 1992:56).
ENDNOTES
1. Alsdorf, Ludwig. "Neues von alten Jaina-Bibliotheken." In Kleine Schriften. Ed. A.Wezler, 160-166. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1974.
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3. ------. "Dr. Buhler on the Celebrateed Bhaṇḍār of Sanskrit MSS. of Jessalmir." IA (1875) 81-83.
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"Eine Reise durch die indische Wüste." Österreichische Rundschau 1 (1883) 517-535.
6. "On the Authenticity of the Jaina Traditionon." Vienna Oriental Journal 1 (1887) 165-180.
7. Cort, John E. Liberation and Wellbeing: A Study of the Mūrtipūjak Jains of North Gujarat. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1989.
8. ------"The Jain Knowledge Warehouses: Traditional Libraries in India." JAOS 115,1 (1995) 77-87.
9. Derrett, J.D.M. "Quid Possit Antiquaritas Nostris Legibus Abrogare. The Role of the Jurist in Ancient Indian Law." In Essays in Classical and Modern Hindu Law I by J.D.M. Derrett, 140-149. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. 10. Dundas, Paul. The Jains. London: Routledge, 1992.
11. Jacobi, Hermann. "Introduction." In Jaina Sutras. Part I. SBE 22 (1884) ix-l
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