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REVIEWS 145 but also for the information on other philosophical schools which can be obtained from it. It is regrettable that the Nayacakra itself has not been preserved. However, the Nyayagamanusarini, a commentary on the Nayacakra by Simhasuri, has been handed down. Editors of this text have tried to reconstruct the text of the Nayacakra. An edition of the first four ara-s (the Nayacakra consists of three marga-s; each marga comprises four ara-s) appeared in the Gaekwad Oriental Series in 1952.1 Another edition has been published in the Shri Labdhisurishwar Jain Granthamala. E. Frauwallner has pointed out the shortcomings of both editions. In the same article Frauwallner announced a new edition by Muni Jambuvijayaji. The first volume, comprising the first four ara-s, has now appeared as volume 92 of the Sri Atmanand Jain Granthamala. The first part contains an English introduction by E. Frauwallner (pp. 1-6), a Sanskrit introduction (prakkathana) by the editor (pp. 7-43) and a Gujarati introduction (prastavana) by the same (pp. 44-89). The Sanskrit and Gujarati introductions are not identical, which is clear from the fact that the first refers to the second. However, my ignorance of Gujarati prevents me from indicating which additional information can be found in the prastavana. The prakkathana discusses not only many important problems, but it also relates in detail the rather complicated history of this edition and the methods employed by the editor in overcoming the difficulties which confronted him. In Vikrama 20014 Muni Jambuvijayaji planned to edit Jinabhadra's Visesavasyakamahabhasya, but at the request of his Guru Sri Bhuvanavijayaji Maharaja, he abandoned this plan and undertook to edit the Nyayagamanusarini and to reconstruct the original text of the Nayacakra. Although six manuscripts were at his disposal, he soon recognized that a correct text could not be established without studying the many works quoted by Simhasuri. Of special importance for this purpose were Buddhist works which had been preserved in Tibetan translation. In order to be able to read these works Muni Jambuvijayaji undertook the study of Tibetan. The discovery of an older manuscript of Simhasuri's commentary also greatly facilitated the establishment of a correct text. After having finished preliminary studies the editor prepared his edition of the text and commentary for the press. First the text of ara-s 1-7 (pp. 1-552) was printed after delays due to several causes. The printing of this part of the text was completed before the death of his guru and father on 16th February 1959.5 Subsequently the eighth ara (pp. 553-737) was printed. In the introduction and appendices references are given to the pages of the printed text of the first eight ara-s, although the present volume only comprises the first four. On p. 11, n. 1, the editor lists the sources which inform us on the life of Mallavadin. 1. Bhadresvarasuri's Kahavali (Vikrama second half of the twelfth century); 2. Prabha was printed. In the cloth February 1959.6 sm was completed before 1 Dvadasaranayacakra of Srimallavadisuri, with the commentary Nyayagamanusarini of Sri Simhasuri, ed. by the late Muni Caturvijayaji and Lalcandra B. Gandhi (=GOS, No. CXVI) (Baroda, 1952). - 2 The Dvadasharanayachakram of Sri Mallavadi Kshamasramana with the Nyayagamanusarini Commentary by Sri Sinhasurigani Vadi Kshamasramana, ed. by Acharya Vijayalabdhisuri (=Shri Labdhisurishwar Jain Granthamala, No. 20 & 26) (Chhani, 1948 & 1951) (see WZKSO, 1, 1957, p. 147 n. 1). Part 111 was published in 1957 (see WZKSO, III, 1959, p. 100 n. 33). I have not been able to consult this edition. 3 "The Editions of Mallavadi's Dvadasaranayacakram", WZKSO, I (1957), pp. 147151. 4 Muni Jambuvijayaji quotes all dates according to the Vikrama era. 5 This date is given by Anantalal Thakur in his Introduction to Muni Jambuvijayaji's edition of the Vaisesikasutra of Kanada with the Commentary of Candrananda (= GOS, No. 136) (1961). The date, indicated by Muni Jambuvijayaji (prakkathana p. 7 n.1), is Vikrama 2015, the eighth day of the white half of the month Magha.