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the Nayacakra of Ācārya Mallavādi Kşmāśramaņa, which he is presently editing for the Jaira Atmananda Sabha, Bhavnagar, and also with those from the Pramāṇasamuccaya of Dinnäga.
Besides, with the help of his Gurudeva, he has collected several references from old Tibetan works which have been utilized in Appendix 7. Appendix 7 is useful not only to the student of Vaiseșika Darsana but also to all the students of Indian Philosophy, and of Jaina and Buddhist logic in particular. The Appendix also provides an excellent sample of a Sanskrit rendering of Tibetan texts. One rarely comes across Tibetan texts rendered into Sanskrit on such an extensive scale. Muni Shri Jambuvijayaji has been able to render into Sanskrit some parts of the Pramanasamuccaya ot Dinnāga, the father of Buddhist logic, from the Tibetan original. We are highly obliged to Muniji for his fruitful labour in utilizing these Tibetan works which could not be obtained in the original and of which he had to acquire photo-copies from Japan and other countries. It is indeed a very creditable feat on the part of this great Jaina monk and scholar to have learnt Tibetan in a short period without the aid of any tutor. For the purposes of the present research work he collected Tibetan texts from Japan, Europe and U.S.A. and with great patience selected all useful passages referring to the Vaiseșika Darsana; he has also cited the passages pertaining to Naiyāyika Pratyakşa and Naiyāyika Anumāna from the Tibetan Pramāṇasamuccaya. At great personal inconvenience he has prepared the beautiful hand-written script of the original Tibetan passages which are published in this volume from photo-plates of his hand-written press copy. His comparison of Sūtrapātha with the Sūtras cited in oid texts, given in the VỊddhipatraka, bears ample testimony to his wide reading and critical acumen.
Our thanks are due to Professor Anantlal Thakur who, inspite of his indifferent health, has contributed a learned Introduction in English to this edition.
In the preparation of this edition Muni Shri Jambuvijayaji obtained help and guidance in various ways from his late lamented father and Gurudeva His Holiness Muni Shri Bhuvanavijayaji whose inspiration was largely responsible for
valuable edition. It was at the instance of Muni Shri Bhuvanavijayaji that the editor had agreed to undertake this edition, and he provided him with all facilities for work. But he is no more before it could be completed.
It is indeed a great pleasure for us to be able to place in the hands of scholars this excellent edition of the Vaiseșika Sūtra with an unpublished old commentary prepared by a very competent scholar.
The book was printed at Bhavnagar, while the editor was constantly travelling on foot from place to place, as is enjoined on a Jaina monk. Hence
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