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Ardhamāgadhi Jaina Canons: Editing, Translation, Publication and Research
Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh
This article presents a brief sketch of the editors, publishers, translators of the Ardhamagadhi canonical literature. It also furnishes the details of publications of two important Ardhamāgadhi texts - Acaranga and Uttaradhyayana as example. The researches carried out for Ph.D. Degrees on Jaina canons also have been enumerated here in two groups: Doctoral Disserations on Jaina canons in general and those on particular texts. It also contains brief information on sources dealing with Ardhamagadhi canonical literature. -Editor
The publication of Ardhamāgadhi canonical literature started during the latter half of the 19th century and within no time, the scholars all over the world were involved with it. Twentieth century has been very significant for publication and study of the canonical literature. The English translation of the Kalpasūtra by Stevens in 1848 was probably the first effort in this direction. German scholar Mr. Weber critically edited a portion of Vyakhyāprajñapti (Bhagavati) with notes in 1865-1866. German Indologist Hermann Jacobi published the English translation of four texts- Acārāngasūtra, Sūtrakṛtāngasūtra, Uttaradhyayanasūtra and Kalpasūtra in Sacred Books of the East (SBE) Series No.17, 18, during 1879-1882. The text of Acārāngasūtra edited by Jacobi was published by Pali Text Society, London 1882. Leumann edited Aupapātika (Leipzig, 1883) Avaśyakasūtra and Jitakalpacūrṇi (Berlin, 1892) and P. Stenthil edited Jñātādharmakathā. Warren edited upāngasūtra Nirayāvalikā and published it from Amsterdam 1879. LD Barnett published the English translation of Antakṛddaśā (1907) and Anuttaraupapātikadaśā (1907). Walter Schubring brought out Acārāngasūtra in Roman script (Leipzig) in 1910. It was published in Devanāgarī script in (Jaina Sahitya Samsodhaka Samiti, Pune) 1924. Jarl Charpentier edited Uttaradhyayanasūtra and published it from Uppsala 1922. Schubring
