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also translated the first book (1st śrutaskandha) of Acārāngasūtra in German under the title Worte Mahavira (Leipzig, 1926) along with some portion of the Sutrakṛtāngasūtra. Schubring also edited chedasūtras Niśīthasūtra, Bṛhatkalpasūtra, Vyavahārasūtra and mūlasūtra Daśavaikālikasūtra (Ahmedabad 1923). Jaina Sahitya Sanśodhaka Samiti, Pune published in Devanagarī script some of the canonical texts published in Roman, such as Sūtrakṛtānga (1928), Upāsakadaśā (1930), Antakṛddaśā (1932), Anuttaraupapātikadaśā (1932) and Vipākasūtra (1932).
Rai Dhanpat Singh, Murshidabad initiated the uphill task of the publication of canons, in India, in 1874 in the series Agama Sangraha. He incorporated the respective commentaries- tīkās, dīpikās, bālāvabodha etc. with the text and its Hindi translation. He published the important texts, only in eleven years.
Hindi translation of Ach. Amolaka Rṣiji of thirty-two Jaina canons accepted by Śvetāmbara Sthanakavāsī sect was published by Lala Sukhadeva Prasad Jwala Prasad, Hyderabad and Amola Jñānālaya, Dhulia. Sthanakavāsī Ach. Ghasilal wrote Sanskrit commentary on thirty two texts. He also translated these texts in Hindi and Gujarati. These works were published by All India Svetambara Sthānakavāsī Jaina Shastroddharaka Samiti, Ahmedabad. Phoolchand 'Pupphabhikkhu' prepared the abridged edition of texts, published in two parts, In: Sūtrāgama. Its Hindi translation was published under title Arthāgama. Rev. Ach. Atmaramaji translated in Hindi with Sanskrit rendering, word-meaning and commentary, the 19 texts out of 32 (accepted by Shānakavāsi). These texts were published by Ach. Atmarama Jain Prakashan Samiti, Ludhiana. Its second edition was published, present Ach. of Śramanasangha Rev. Dr. Shivmuniji,
as the editor.
Sthanakavāsi Ach. Hastimalaji wrote Sanskrit commentary on Nandīsūtra, prepared Hindi translation with Hindi commentary of Praśnavyākaraṇa and Bṛhatkalpa. His Hindi translation of Antakṛddaśā with Sanskrit rendering and word-meaning was published by Samyagjñāna Pracharkamandala, Jaipur. He was also
