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the four parts of Mahāvideha (e.g. Pūrvavideha) on the other 5%. In the sthāna scheme, Mahāvideha has been eliminated in order to bring Pūrvavideha etc. in line with Bharata etc.
If we want to << reconstruct » the text of the prakarana from the table we have to read the table (fig. 9) vertically. As a specimen we quote the first line of vs. 35:
Jambu, Dhaiya, Pukkhara / dīva cau cau jiņāna puvva-bhave //
. The continents! Jambudvipa, Dhätakikhanda, Puskaradvipa go with the << -2 » existences of four Jinas respectively » (they are the continents of the « — 2 » existences of Jinas nos. 1-4, 5-8, and 9-12 respectively). Refer to fig. 9 (for Jinas nos. 1-9).
§ 16. Writing and Reading
Both general reasons and the special position of Jainology within Indology lend importance to the problem of making Jainological writing more easily accessible to non-Jainologists. Problems of this type cannot be solved by common sense («< changed ways of writing ») and mechanical aids (reference books etc.) alone.
It seems also necessary to consider the structure of modern literature in a particular field of research. This takes us to the issue of << rules », and a tentative list of such rules will be found below. They are arranged according to the alphabetical order of the catchwords. Although selected with due regard for the specific situation in Jaina literature they are fairly general in character. It would, however, not be difficult to prepare a more detailed and comprehensive list for practical purposes.
(1) a minore ad maius patterning, e.g. introducing the context, the chapter, and the work to which a relevant passage belongs.
(2) Conspectuses (analyses of individual works)",
(3) Systematic study of divisions (chapters, etc.). This includes a comparison of traditional divisions and divisions appearing in modern publications.
56. SCHUBRING, Doctrine, § 115 (Mahāvideha). W. KIRFEL, Die Kosmographie der Inder (1920, repr. Hildesheim, 1967), pp. 229-42 (Mahāvideha). VON GLASENAPP, Jainismus, pp. 225-31 (Madhyaloka in general). C. CAILLAT, Cosmologie Jaina (Paris, 1981), pl. 79 etc.
57. E.g. compare P. DEUSSEN's conspectus of the Brahmanas of the Samaveda and E. LEUMANN's conspectus of Jinabhadra's Viseṣāvaśyakabhāṣya: P. DEUSSEN, Sechzig Upanishad's des Veda, Leipzig, 1921, pp. 62-5; LEUMANN, Übersicht, columns 45b-48b.
