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Hermann George Jacobi Born: 11, Februar, 1850 Koln : Died : 19, Oktober, 1937 Bonn
Dr. Hermann Jacobi dared to go deep into the Jain canonical literature and translated into english 3TITI 77 ; #59 77; 37TTEGUTH & That the four pillars of Jain canons. He laid the foundation of Jain studies and others constructed the edifice of Jainism. Professors Leumann, Hoeinle, Weber and klatt and Hofrat Buhler & Mr. Lewis Rice were the architects who built it.
Dr. Jacobi was the first scholar who understood the antiquity and importance of the Jain canons and concluded that Jainism had already existed a considerable time before the advent of Buddha. The study of Jain canons revealed that nearly everything is possessed of a soul and thinking its base on primitive animism he paved the way to understand the syādvad (greatz) side by side with the primitive conception of the Vedic Hindus, already noted by Oldenberg Dic Religion des Veda. P. 317f.
Furthermore he opined that Jainism and Vaiścsika ( embrace kriyāvād (fyrary)and both advocate the doctrine of asatkārya (37 ), that the product is different from its material cause; therefore they could go a part of their way together. -Editor)
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