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Book Review
Pearls of Jaina Wisdom- A selection of inspiring Aphorisms from the Jaina Scriptures by Shri Dulichand jain, Editors : Dr. Sagarmal Jain & Dr. Shri Prakash Pandey. Publishers : Parshvanath Vidya peeth, Varansi & Research Foundation for Jainology, Madras. First Edition, 1997. Price: Rs. 120.00
Mr. Dulicand Jain is a strong religous person who believes in welfare of all humane. He thought it his duty to spread the valuebased message of Lord Mahavir which opens the dimensions of nonviolence, equality, universal brotherhood and compassion. With this objective he got published and distributed a book 'Jina vant ke Mott' in 1993.
Afterwards he met Dr. Satyaranjan Banerjee, Dr. M. Narasimha chary, Dr. Jayantilal Jain, Shri R. Srinivasan, Shri P. Ramchandran, Dr. Sagarmal Jain and many others who oncourged him to vigorously and do spread the message of Lord Mahavir enthusiasti. cally.
Dr. Banerjee provided the nucleus of the publication, Dr. Narasimchary transliterated 'Jin yani ke Moti'--the Aphorisms in Roman script and Smt. Priya Jain of Madras univorsity translated them in to English.
An eminent journalist R. Srinivasan evaluated the translation and Dr. Sagarmal Jain with the help of Dr. Shri Prakash Pandey edited the bulk. It is not mentioned that who wrote the Part on. i.c. Jaina Agamic Litrature, Life of Lord Mahavir and the Eternal message of Jaina wisdom, of the book,
Mr. Dulichand Jain selected 72 works on Jainism, old and new. encluding 13 Jain Sutras and culled out of those books some six hundred and fifty Aphorisms. These aphorisms which he calls nearls of Jain wisdom' aro enlisted under 71 headings of irregular classification.
Dr. Banerjee recognises this “Pearls of Jain wisdom a good contribution to the field of jainistic studies which is culled out nicely by a distiguished scholar of jainology' and in his opinion, this will act as a source book of jainistic studies."
Indeed, this is a good collection of Jain aphorisms about Tulos-Prajõa, Ladoun : Vol. 23 No. 4
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