Jinamanjari 1998 09 No 18

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

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Pārsva in art and archaeology has a total of nine papers, of which two are in Hindi. They deal with architectural style of Parsva images and temples from almost region of India - Central, Eastern, Western and Southern. The monograph is a welcome addition to Indological and Jainalogical studies.
MAHĀVIRA: LE GRAND HEROS DES JAINS by Pierre Amiel. Maisonneuve & Larose, 15 Rue Victor-Cousin, 75005 Paris. ISBN 27068-1326-1. Price138 FF.
This is a French translation of Dr. Boolchand's Lord Mahavira: A Study in Historical Perspective, first published in 1948 and later in 1987 by PV Research Institute, Varanasi.
There are a total of Seven Chapters, dealing from Mahavira's Epoch to Schism, and a conclusion. In all it has 145 pages.
It is a welcome addition in French language to the study of Jainism. Both Mr. Amiel and the publisher Maisonneuve & Larose deserve all appreciation and congratulation.
Ashij J. Kumar is a Graduate Student, University of Toronto
Jaina View of Life. By Dr. T.G. Kalghatgi. Second Edition published by Lalchand Hirachand Doshi and the Jaina Samskṛti Samrakṣaka Sangha, Sholapur, India [1984]1997. Pp. xii + 233. Jīvarāja Jaina Granthamālā Series, No. 20. (Hardcover)
Ever so often a buried gem manges to push aside the dust of time and surface once again. Such is the case with a re-issue of the second edition of Jaina View of Life. It consists original eight essays with susequent revision, and two new sub-sections, "Right Understanding Some Hurdles" and "Jaina Mysticism.".
In the first essay entitled "Synoptic Philosophy," for example, Prof. Kalghatgi is apparently sets sights towards those students acquainted with the Western philosophical lineage of Plato, Descartes, Locke, Hume and the schools of Logical Positivism and Empiricism, or those familiar with the Eastern traditons of Mīmāmsā, the mahāvākyas of Vedānta, Nāgārjuna's Madhyamika School of Buddhism, or the concepts of nyaya-prayoga (logical linking the syllogism of the East). He skillfully gleans the essentials of many of the philosophical systems of the East and the West, and presents it into a rich narrative tapestry,
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