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A Reformist Jaina Missionary: Br. Shital Prasadji :
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collaboration), 20 small tracts in Hindi, 13 translations and commentaries on major Digambara texts and 9 translations of Santa Tāraṇasvāmi of sixteenth century. His literary works show him to be a (i) lexicographer (ii) Vphat-sabdārņava, (ii) an archaeologist (5 volumes of ancient Jaina memorials which have been praised by scholars like Agarchandji Nahata and others, (iii) Biographer (6 Books) (iv) Student of comparative religion (Jaina-Bauddha Tattvajñāna), (v) author and translator of religious books (54 books) and (vi) Translator and author in English editions too. The list of these books is given by Dr. Jyoti Prasadji in his booklet. However, the list of his unpublished works and manuscripts is not available. His writings cover roughly 30,000 pages, i.e. about 750 demy pages per year. This he could do as writing became his hobby and he used to write even during his train travels. His rainy residence period (JulyOctober) was the best occasion for this activity.
Besides his personal literary zeal, he was encouragingly instrumental in getting many Jaina books written originally into English and many texts translated into English by persons like J. L. Jaini etc. as mentioned earlier. This activity was aimed at promoting Jainism among the intellectuals and English-speaking world. He himself composed and collaborated in many books in English.
He had an impressive mastery over lectures and speeches on various topics. He spoke in fluent English in Rangoon, Burma, (Now Mynmara, 1933), Colombo (Srilanka, 1932), Shimla (1922), Guahati (1920), Panipat (1923), Bombay (1935) and other places. He proved himself to be widely read when he quoted western scholars and eastern philosophy in his oratory. Promotion of Jainism Inland and Abroad:
Brahmachariji had an intense desire for promoting and propagating Jainism among non-Jainas and worked with scholars through production of literature in English and encouraging to get it prepared by others. The current series of sacred books of the Jainas in English was published in the third decade of this century by central Jain publishing house. He lectured on comparative studies on Jainism and Buddhism and wrote a book on the same topic in 1933 in English. Besides the production of such literature, he got it sent to Srilanka and
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