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Pandit Sukhalalji is one of the living authorities on Jainism. His studies in Jainism are all along carried on in the broad perspective of the Indian pattern of thought and learning. His exposition of the Sanmati-tarka and the Tattvārtha-sūtra, his studies in the Jaina Karma doctrine, his elucidation of Yoga, his appraisal of the personalities of Vrsabha and. Mabāvīra are solid contributions towards a sympathetic understanding of Jainism. Howsoever difficult a subject might be, in the hands of Pt. Sukhalalji its exposition becomes lively and thought-provoking. His interpretations of the Stutis of Siddhasena and of the Adhyardha-śataka of Mātscheța clearly show that here is a scholar who can put himself at the point of view of the author himself and try to understand the circumstantial setting and the world of thought and learning which were responsible for the niental make-up and literary expressions of the author.
Panditji has a typical method of study of his own. The realm of knowledge for him recognises no religious, racial, temporal and geographical barriers; and the human thought-process, as he understands it, is a continuous and connected flow. Naturally, unlike most of the Pandits, with whom he shares a thorough grounding in traditional learning, he brings to bear upon his studies the modern instruments of the historical and comparative method of study. This endows the writings of Panditji with an abiding and universal appeal.
Pandit Sukhalalji has contributed a number of papers on religion and its effect on society. Religion for him is not a time-worn instrument only to be worshipped, but he wants it to be a living force to be employed for the amelioration of the society as a whole. He has never hesitated to explode the myths of credulity and exploitation in one form or the other. He would always insist upon the basic in the Religion, but not hesitate to allow the
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