Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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દસ : શ્રી મહાવીર જૈન વિદ્યાલય સુવર્ણમહોત્સવ ગ્રન્થ
First Volume containing the texts of the Nandi-sūtra and Anuyogadvarasutra is ready. The Second Volume consisting of the Prajnapana is in the press.
This Vidyalaya has so far published a number of books some of which may be specially mentioned here. The Commemoration Volume in honour of Acharya Shri VIJAYAVALLABHASURI (Bombay 1956) contains valuable material; and it has been warmly received both in India and outside. Lately, a revised edition of the Kävyänuśäsana of Hemacandra is brought out by the Vidyalaya; and the authorities of the Vidyalaya can legitimately feel proud that they have presented to the world of scholars a standard edition of this great work on Indian poetics.
The Vidyalaya completed fifty years of its beneficial career on June 5, 1965. While commemorating this occasion, the Institute is bringing out this Golden Jubilee Volume. Even a glance through its contents will convince anybody that it presents a number of original articles by eminent scholars. The Editors are happy to have secured the valuable cooperation of these learned authors working in different branches of Jainological in particular and of Indological studies in general. This Volume contains papers in three different languages: in Gujarati, in Hindi and in English. They cover topics from various. branches of study. Welcome light is shed on authors and dignitaries like Haribhadra, Sthulabhadra, Siddhasena, Śrīpāla, Vastupala, Kanakakusala, Hemacandra, Yasovijaya, Megharaja, Hemaratna and others; as well as on some topics connected with the works like the Pramanamimämsä, Yogabindu, Pārasika-prakāśa, Vasudharādhāraṇī, Bhagavadgitā, Kuvalayamālā and Bhagavati-sutra. Philosophical topics like jñāna, pratyaksa, sat-asat, ātman, pariņāma, anekānta, kāla etc. have been dealt with in some of the articles. In some essays are discussed Jaina dogmatical topics like prayaścitta, saṁlekhanä, etc. Some papers are occupied with the study of Prakrit philology and Jaina literature. There are others dealing with Jaina history, art and archaeology. The multi-coloured and black and white reproductions of many important paintings from early Jaina manuscripts provide an interesting data not only to the art critic but also to the student of early history of art, for its development and varied influence.
On behalf of myself and other editors, I record my sincere thanks. to the various scholars who so kindly responded to our invitation and enriched this Golden Jubilee Volume by their learned papers. Secondly, I thank my colleagues on the Editorial Board for their cooperation in this work. Last but not the least, the authorities of Shri Mahavira