________________ OPINIONS Prof. S.A. Jain's translation of the SARVARTHASIDDHI is lucid as well as faithful. This is the result of many years of devoted and close study of the original work. By publishing his translation. Prof. Jain has made a great contribution to Jaina literature in English. Dr. T.M.P. MAHADEVAN Professor of Philosophy, University of Madras. As a student of Jainism I am very happy that Shri Pujyapada's celebrated commentary of SARVARTHASIDDHI on Umaswami's TATTVARTHADHIGAMASUTRA is now available in your lucid and reliable English translation. I read Umaswami's work for the first time in 1913 with my teacher Professor Hermann Jacoli, to whom we are indebted for a German translation of the Sutra. I made use of the Sutras for my German book on the Doctrine of Karma. You can imagine how glad I am that you have helped all scholars who are interested in the sublime teachings of Lord Mahavira in making use of this ancient and important commentary Dr. H. VON GLASENAPP Tubingen, Germany In making this scholarly and exact translation you have rendered a most valuable service to jainology and Jainism in general. For every worker in the field of Jainism, Shri Umaswami's work, equally honoured by Digambars and Shvetambars, is an indispensable work of reference, an inexhaustible mine of authoritative information, but it acquires its full value and practical utility only when accompanied by a good commentary, and certainly of all commentaries the SARVARTHASIDDHI is the most authoritative and valuable. An English translation of it such as yours, in lucid style and yet true to the original, will not only be very helpful to the scholar; it will assist to spread a sound knowledge of Jain dharma and philosophy among many in India and abroad who are unfamiliar with Sanskrit. Dr. L. ALSDORF Hamburg, Germany As we were rather short of books concerning Jainism, we were particularly glad to receive this nice exposition of Jaina religion. We are well aware that Jainism has not yet obtained in the west the attention it should receive as an original religious way and we earnestly hope to contribute in our small way to the clearer understanding of this spiritual effort. Miss P.S. DOPPING World Congress of Faiths, London-W2 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
