Sambodhi 1998 Vol 22

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Vol XXII, 1998
JAIN STUDIES IN EUROPE
lexicographical, metrical aspects of old texts, and, the case being, on various Jain/Buddhist parallels Unfortunately, the untimely death of R Williams deprived Jainology of a very gifted scholar, the editor of Two Prakrit versions of the Manipati carita (London 1959, James G Forlong Fund 26) and author of Jaina Yoga A survey of the mediaeval Śrāvakācāras (London 1963, London Oriental Series 14) he had been in touch with Muni Punyavijaya and Muni Jambūvijaya, as well as with Walther Schubring Recently, "procanonical" treatises of the Digambara tradition and the evolution of Jaina thought have drawn the attention of W J Johnson, Harmless souls Karmic bondage and religious change in early Jainism with special reference to Umāsvāti and Kundakunda (Delhi 1995) As for the Tattvārtha Sūtra, it is now endowed with a new very suggestive English translation by the late lamented Nathmal Tatia, That which is Tattvārtha Sūtra A classic Jain manual for understanding the true nature of Reality (London , 1994) Sponsored by the Institute of Jainology, London, and published in the series "The sacred Series of the International Sacred Literature Trust in association with Harper Collins Publishers", this translation is evidently meant for scholars interested not in the Sanskrit language or in sūtra-style, but in philosophy and religion as such, this is a very valuable contribution to Jaina studies Philology remains at the centre of Jaina studies in Germany Some scholars, in particular Klaus Bruhn, are keen to further the preparation of research tools, as well as the conceptualization of "Jainology", and its integration into the general trend of contemporary epistemology (of infra) Thanks to the "Glasenapp-Stiftung", important articles and monographs of previous scholars are now conveniently collected and published (by Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH, Wiesbaden, now Stuttgart), in volumes entitled Kleine Schriften They include the works of Hermann Jacobi (1850-1937) edited by B Kolver (1970, Glasenapp-Stiftung 4 2), of Walther Schubring (1881-1969) edited by K Bruhn (1977, Glasenapp-Stiftung 13), of Ludwig Alsdorf (1904-1978), two volumes, edited by A Wezler (1974, Glasenapp-Stiftung 10 and 1998, Nachtragsband Glasenapp-Stiftung 35), of Ernst Leumann (1859-1931) edited by Nalını Balbir (1998, Glasenapp-Stiftung 37) The latter can be supplemented by two other publications One is the Catalogue of the papers of Ernst Leumann in the Institute for the Culture and History of India and Tibet, University of Hamburg Compiled by Birte Plutat (Stuttgart 1998, Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien Hamburg 49) The other is the remarkable Catalogue of the Jaina manuscripts at