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· His edition of Pattvopaplayasiamha of Jayarāśi Bhatta in the Gaekwad's Oriental Series deserves to be specially mentioned as it is the systematic work from the Chārvāka point of view refuting all the different Indian philosophical systems. The Hetubindu is one of the most valuable works on Buddhist logic by Dharmkīrti and there is a commentary on it by Archata. There are Tibetan translations of these two works, The Sanskrit of this tīka is being edited by Panditji in the G. O. S. and this edition will contain also the sub-tika of Durveka Miśra on it. The manuscript of the sub-tika was secured from some photographs taken by Mahāpandita Rāhula Sãnkrityāyana in Tibet, which are preserved in the Bihar and Orissa Research Society.
Pandit Sukhlalji is respected in learned society not only as a profound Sanskrit scholar but also as a man of character. He is free from all sorts of dogmatism of sectarianism. His thoughts are not bound by any narrowness as he always is used to view things in historical perspective following strictly pure reason and rationalism. It is for this that he is respected much more among the non-Jainas than by his orthodox co-religionists. For his liberal views he is sometimes called by them as a heretic even in abusive words. But as a true scholar he is not moved by it. For instance, one of his latest monograms entitled NirgranthaSampradaya is Hindi may be referred to.
It deals with the customs and practices of Jaina monks giving comparative views as found in ancient Buddhist and Brāhman works. Among other things he has discussed here the practice of meat-eating among the Jaina monks. Being himself a Jaina certainly it is no mean courage to assert that the Jaina monks once used to take meat in exceptional cases. It may be mentioned en passant that in this respect the only parallel to Panditji is Muni Jinavijayaji, a prominent figure in Gujarat and Bombay. in connection with the organisation of educational institutions,
