Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 1

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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PROGRESS OF PRAKRIT AND JAINA STUDIES
The texts with English translation and notes of Haribhadra's Yogabindu and Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya and Dr. Nagin Shah's Akalanka's Critcism of Dharmakirti's Philosophy: A Study are important publications of the L. D. Institute of Indology.
Pandit Dalsukh Malvaniya's Agam Yuga ka Jain Darśan published by the Sanmati Jnana Pitha, Agra, is an attempt to reconstruct Jaina philosophy in its original shape.
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Dr. Devendra Kumar Jain's Apabhramsa Bhāṣa aur Sahitya and Pandit Kailash Chandra Sastri's Jain Nyaya are published by the Bharatiya Jnanapitha, Varanasi.
The P. V. Research Institute has published the first three volumes of Jain Sahitya kā Brhad Itihas, written by Pandit Bechardas Doshi, Dr. J. C. Jain and Dr. Mohanlal Mehta. The first two volumes of the series have been critically reviewed in the Jain Journal (Vols. II. 3 and III. 1) and the 3rd awaits review in the January 1969 issue of the same Journal. The Institute has also published Studies in Hemachandra's Deśīnāmamala by Dr. H. C. Bhayani, Jain Achar by Dr. Mohanlal Metha, Bauddha aur Jain Agamo me Närijivan by Dr. Komal Chandra Jain and Yasastilak ka Samskṛtik Adhyayan by Dr. Gokul Chandra Jain-the last two being doctoral theses approved by the Banaras Hindu University.
The publication of Presentation, Commemoration and Jubilee Volumes, which has become an important activity of the intellectuals, is now attracting the attention of the Jainas also. I have before me three such volumes published during the period. The first is Shri Mahabir Jain Vidyalaya Golden Jubilee Volume, sumptuously produced, in two parts by the Vidyalaya itself. The other two volumes are the Babu Chhotelal Jain Smrti Granth and Marudharkeshari Muni Shri Mishrimalji Maharaj Abhinandan Granth. These publications provide a useful opportunity to the scholars working in the field of Prakrit and Jainism to make their researches available to the people interested in the subject.
We are familiar with the literature on Jainism published in the English, French and German languages, but very few of us know the valuable work done by the Japanese scholars in the field of Prakrit and Jainology. It might not therefore be considered redundant if I add here the following list of Japanese publications on the subject, arranged authorwise:
S. Matsunami :
(1) A Study on "dhyana" in Digambara Sect,
1961.
(2) Ethics of Jainism and Buddhism, 1963.