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Vol. XXI, 1997
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been carrying out its varied activities through the last five decades under varied circumstances. The Journal itself started gloriously in 1927 by the great savant Prof. Kuppuswami Sastri has had a chequered career. The inspiring divine presence of H. H. Sri Paramacharya Kanchi Kamakoti Pitha in the Institute premises named after Him, has been providing its inmates the solace and strength at all times. The learned contributors of research papers in the issue are Prof. P. Thirugnanasambandhan, Dr. W. Selvamurthy, Prof. N. R. Bhatt, Dr. K. V. Sarma, Dr. S. S. Janaki, Dr. B. N. K. Sarma, Sri R. Muthukrishna Sastri and Sri R. Thangaswami Sarma. The last two have contributed their articles in Sanskrit, viz., Bhatta-varttikam and Samavaya-samiksa, respectively.
This issue carries eleven obituary notices, pertaining to Swami Gangeshwarananda (1881-1992), Sri K. Balasubramanya Sastri (1901-1993), Prof. P. Thirujnanasambandhan (1915-1989), Dr. C. S. Venkateswaran, Sri V. H. Subramanya Sastri (1911-92), Prof. V. S. Venkataraghavacharya, Smt. Suryakumari Dwarkadas (1922-1990), Sri Ramanatha Dikshitar (1908-1988), Smt. K. Savithri Ammal, (1898-1992), Sri S. Nilakantha Iyer, and Prof. M. Ramakrishna Bhatt. N.M.K. MĀNATUNGĀCĀRYA AUR UNKE STOTRA (Hin.), by Madhusudan Dhaki and Jitendra Shah, Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre, Ahmedabad, 1997, pp. 4 + 135, Rs. Amulya.
This book presents a complete study of the Bhaktāmara-stotra and the Bhayahara alias Namiuna-stotra of the celebrated Jaina ācārya Mānatungasūri who hailed in the latter half of the 6th century A. D. It is addorned with a Preface (Purvavalokana) by Dr. Jagadishchandra Jain, and a Foreword by Pt. Dalsukh Malavaniya. The Introduction by the editors discusses the following eight topics in details : (1) Background; (2) the originator of the Bhaktāmarastotra and its genesis; (3) The extent of the Bhaktāmara-stotra; (4) The insight into the Bhaktāmara; (5) The Bhayahara-stotra; (6) The eight great fears (mahābhaya) of the Bhaktāmara and the Bhayahara; (7) The date of the author of the stotra; and (8) The religious geneology of the author of these stotras. In an Appendix one more stotra, entitled Pañcaparamesthi-stavana alias Bhattibbharastotra is discussed. Then follows a list of variants in the Bhaktāmarastotra. The Bibliography at the end gives a list of about 96 references consulted for this research work. N.M.K
