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BHARATIYA TATVAJNANA : KETALIKA SAMASYĀ (Guj.) by Nagin. J. Shah, Samskrta Samskrti Granthamala, No. 5, B-14, Devadarshan Flat, Near Nehru Nagar Char Rasta, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad - 380 015, 1998, pp. 184, Rs. 99-. Dr. Nagin J. Shah is fairly well-known to scholars in the field of Indology, particularly Indian Philosophy, by his researches on Akalanka and Jayanta Bhatta, and on Samkhya-Yoga system of Indian Philosophy. He is an independent thinker who goes to the roots of some of the crucial problems of Indian Philosophy in general. This book is a collective work of some of his very important and interesting research articles published previously in various journals or commemoration volumes, all in Gujarati. This work contains seven chapters, viz., (1) Sat-Asat; (2) The Concept of Liberation in Indian Systems of Philosophy; (3) Karma and Rebirth; (4) Isvara in the systems of Indian Philosophy; (5) General Introduction to the Problems of Knowledge; (6) Pramanya of Knowledge - Svatah or Paratah ?; and (7) The discussion about Pratyaksa by Indian logicians. All these articles are fully documented by footnotes from original Sanskrit and Prakrit works. This work is highly valuable for future researches in the field of Indian Philosophy. N.M.K JAIN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION by K. R. Chandra. Prakrit Jain Vidya Vikas Fund, Ahmedabad, 1996. PP. 32, Rs. 12/-. This booklet contains two lectures on Jain Philosophy and Jain Religion, delivered by Dr. K. R. Chandra in the Department of Jainology, University of Madras, Madras, on 18th March, 1994, under the auspices of Mahasati Tarabai Swamy Endowment Lectures.
The first lecture treats the following topics : Monistic, dualistic or pluralistic realism, nature and sat or dravya, three categories and six substances, astikāyas, Jiva or the living being, classification of jīvas, five non-living substances, ethical classification, darśana and jñāna, anekānta or syādvāda, naya and pramāna, the saptabhañgi, manners of positing (niksepas), points of views (nayas), theory of karma and stages of spiritual progress (gunasthānas).
The second lecture discusses the topics of Jain religion, like Ratnatraya, right conduct, five main vows, four virtues or attitudes (vrtti or bhāvanā), seven supplimentary vows (silavratas), peaceful death (sallehaņā) asta-mulaguna, types of himsā allowed to a householder (upāsaka), Yoga and Karaṇa, transgressions (aticāras), dāna, stoppage of asrava and bandha, three guptis, daśalaksanadharma, anupreksa, parişahajaya, austerities (tapa) both external and internal,
