________________
132
DR. N. M. KANSARA
SAMBODHI
Section II contains nineteen English articles by scholars like Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar. Hemachandra Jain, Ramjee Singh, Ramesh Betai, Utpala Modi, V.M. Doshi, M.B. Shah, T.U.Mehta, Hasmukh Savlani, Rajmal Jain, J.J.Shukla, Rajesh Kumar, I.C. Jain, H. C. Jain 'Hema',Nilesh N. Dalal, achnita Yajnika, S.L.Pandey, and S.J.Shekha. They have dealt with a variety of topics such as treatment of nature of reality, Jaina relativism, Anekāntavāda, multi-dimensionality of human personality, application of Anekāntavāda in various disciplines, application of Anekāntavāda in conflict resolution, in jurisprudence, in judicial process, in personal managhement, in environment, in religion and science, in management techniques, its relevance for modern psychology, in Indian philosophical schools, a strategy for conflict resolution and integral cosmic development.
Section III contains sixteen articles in Hindi by scholars like Udaychand Jain, Pratibha Jain, Pritam Sighavi, Suresh Jhaveri, Ajit Chube, Ramakanta Jain, V.R.Yadav, Narendra Kumar Jain, Nagraj Puvani, Rameshchandra Jain, Saroj K. Vora, Samani Kusumprajna, Kastur Chand Kasliwal, Samani Mangalaprajna, Parasmal Agrawal and Ishwarchandra Jain. They have discussed topics pertaining to Anekāntavāda, such as its nature and analysis, its utility, its basis, its psychological aspect, its use in practical life, multi-valued logic, national outlook, its relevance, its philosophical analysis, in leadership, its importance, in social stability, in modern physical sciences, etc.
In the Appendix, along with the list of the contributors to this book, an announcement for developing the course material for Seminar on 'Specific Application of Anekāntavāda', has been made with a list of twenty-four suggested topics. N.M.K.
Yamazaki Moriichi and Ousaka Yumi : Theragāthā Pāda Index and Reverse Päda Index, Philologica Asiatica Monograph Series 12, The Chuo Academic Research Institute, Tokyo, 1997 pp. i-ii + 224, Price not mentioned.
Both these Japanese scholars have been working very hard on this project of the Päda Index accompanied by the Reverse Päda Index as also five other Word Indexes and Reverse Word Indexes of these same five Jaina texts, since last seven years and more and have so far published such indexes to the five early Jain texts, viz., the Dasaveyaliya, the Isibhāyāi, the Ayaranga, the Süyagada, and the Uttarajjhāya. Further, they have given us the Pāda Index and the Recverse Päda index to the Pāli text of the Dhammapada and also Word Indexes to the
