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two are crucial studies for scholars interested in the Jaina monastic tradition; the latter is of particular value as an overview of recent study of the Jainas in Europe and India.
The best information in this report on current scholarly activities in Europe has to do with ongoing work in Germany; this is fitting, If at the same time it runs the risk of being incomplete, for it was at gevoral centers in Geamany, notably Berlin and Hamburg, that normative studies of the Jalnas were produced It was at Hamburg that the late Walther Schubring produced his classic studies, and the Seminar für Kultur und Goschichte Indiens at the Universitat Hamburg has published the monograph-series Alt-und Neu-Indische Studien, containing fifteen vitally important studies of classical Jaina texts and other materials
Professior Ludwig Alsdorf has carried on the tradition of Jalna studies at Hamburg (where he is now Emeritus); and the scholarly work of persons trained under him at Hamburg now accounts for the bulk of the work on the Jainas being done in Germany. Much of Professor Alsdorf's own work has focused on early Jaloa scholasticism, particularly on the carly exegetical literature attached to the Jaina canon An important example of his work is the article "Niksepa a Jalpa contribution to Scholastic Me thodology," Journal of the Oriental Institute (Baroda) 22.4 (June, 1973). This article, along with many other contributions in this area, has been reprinted in his Kleine Schriften (Wiesbaden 1974), the publication of which is also an event of note.
Also of great value to students of the Jaida capon is bis article (based on a paper read at the International Congress of Orientalists at Canberra), “Jajna Exegetical Literature and the History of the Jalna Canon," to be published shortly in 'Mahavira and his Teachings' (Bagawan Mahavir 2500th Nirvan Mahotsava Samiti, Bombay) American scholars should also acquaint themselves with his thorough and reflective assessment of Jalna studies ag of ten years ago Les études jaina Etat présent of taches futures (Parls College de France, 1965).
Several of Professor Alsdorf's former atudents are currently Ongaged in work that should be of interest to Americans At the Freo University of Berlin, Professor Klaus Brubn is overseeing the compilation of a comprehensive concordance of Jaina canonical and post-canonical metrical literature, when completed, this project will be of immense value for any study of early Jaina literature Currently at Munich is another former student, Privatdozentin Adelheid Mette, who has produced two valuable studies, One 18 an edition of a canonical text dealing with the begging practices of the Jaina monk. Pindesana Da Kapitel der Oha-najfuttt über den Bettel gang
