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The Hindi edition of this book * in the eyes of the reviewers and scholars
Rajasthan Patrika (Daily), Jaipur, dated February 16, 1975, Sunday edition.
This year is being celebrated the 2500th nirvana anniversary of Bhagavan Mahavira On this occasion it is not only fit but also necessary that his learned teachings are brought to the notice of a wider public In my view, it is not very important to know when and where Mahavira was born, when he attained perfection or what superhuman powers did he display More important are his great teachnigs, bus interpretation of religion and of the philosophy of life. From this angle, I read the book Tirthankar Mahāvīr aur Unkā Sarvodaya Törth by Dr. Hukumchand Bharıll and I felt highly delighted.
The light that has been thrown in the first part of the book may not go deep down well through the throat of the nonJaina friends but in the second part where he discusses at length the Jaina doctrines, especially syādyāda, with enor
S competence is worth reading and understanding by everybody. It gives insight in the depth of knowledge, study and scholarship of Dr Bharıll and it gives one a competent and authoritative knowledge about Jainism. In fact, in the book of about 200 pages Dr. Bharill has, so to say, put an ocean into a jar, for which the author and the publishers the Todarmal Smarak Trust are deserving of hearty congratulations.
For the Jaina readers, it is like the essence of Jainism, but even for others interested in comparative religion, this book will be immensely readable
Chandragupta Varsneya
Jain Sandesh (the Weekly organ of the Bharatiya Digambar Jain Sangh) Mathura, dated January 2, 1975, Vol 45, No. 36
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