Reviews Of Dvddasaram Nayacakram Of Acarya Sri Mallavadi Ksamasramana

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Reviews is Dvadasaram Nayacakram of Acarya Sri Mallavadi Ksamasramana with the commentary Nyayagamanusarini of Sri Simbasuri Gani Vadi Ksamasramana, Part I (1.4 Aras) -Edited with critical notes by Muni Jambuvijayaji and published by Sri Jaioa Atmananda Sabha-Bhavnagar. Price Rs. 25/ The name of Munisci Jambuvijayaji is by this time very well knowo in the realm of the Oriental Scholars by his editiog of Vaisesika Sutravetti with the commentary of Candrananda. One can easily see his critical faculty and scientific methods of critically editing the text. It surpasses in many ways even the method of Western scholars who are the masters of scientific ways of critically editing the text. Still however, one would be amazed to know that this critical edition of Vaisesika Sutravstti by Muni Sri Jambuvijayaji in a way a by-product of his critical edition of this book is the result of the coastant labour of nineteen years of Munijee. The MS. of this Nayacakra is no where available till to-day, so it is a giant task to reconstruct the text with the help of the Pratikas of the commentator Sri Simhasuri Gani in his Nyayagamansarini. The bulk of the original text of Nayacakra is 10000 Slokas and that of the commentary is of 18100 slokas. How much labour and pain he has taken after this reconstruction is described in detail by the editor himself in his Gujarati Introduction. In this way he has tried his level best to reconstruct the original text and has brought to the nearest reading of the original text. Of course, the MS of the original text being not available one cannot boast that this particular reading was an original one. But at the same time the reading of the text also inspires the reader to congratulate the learned editor for his immagination to put the text to the nearest original reading. It is also the credit of Sri Jaina Atmananda Sabha to publish it with as the 92nd book of its Sri Atmananda Jaioa Granthawala. To facilitate the understanding of this work, the editor has adorned the work with his valuable and learned notes with equally useful foot. notes on the same. These notes and foot-notes are quite helpful to understand not only the trend of the commentator but also that of Mallavadi, 1. Vide Gujarati Introduction, P. 70-73.