Books Received

Summary

The “Books Received” section of the July 1984 issue lists newly published works on Jainism, many released by institutions in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Calcutta and Ladnun. It begins with an edited edition of Surācārya’s Dāṇādiprakaraṇa (L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, 1983), a text dealing with gifts such as jñānadāna (gift of knowledge), abhayadāna (gift of fearlessness) and dhanadāna (gift of wealth)https://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=Books%20Received%20BHOJAK%2C%20Pt,with%20j%C3%B1%C4%81nad%C3%A1na%2C%20abhayad%C4%81na%2C%20dhanad%C4%81na%20etc. K.R. Chandra’s Prākṛt Bhāśāon kā Tulanātmaka Vyākaraṇ evam Unme Prāk‑Saṃskṛt Tattva compares different Prakrit grammarshttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=CHANDRA%2C%20K,Comparative%20Grammar%20of%20Different%20Prakrits. Edited by Ratilal V. Dave, Narasimha Mahetānā Pada presents unpublished verses of the Gujarati devotional poet Narasimha Mehtahttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=DAVE%2C%20RATILAL%20V,00. S.M. Desai’s Haribhadra’s Yoga Works and Psychosynthesis studies the Jain scholar Haribhadra’s synthesis of Jainism and Yogahttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=DESAI%2C%20S,model%20for%20Yogic%20psychosynthesis%20today, while Bechardas Doshi’s Maṇidhārī Jincandra Sūri Kāvyakusumāñjali prints Sanskrit and Prakrit verses praising the monk Maṇidhārī Jincandra Sūrihttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=DOSHI%2C%20BECHARDAS%2C%20Manidh%C4%81ri%20Jincandra%20S%C3%BCri,Introduction%20by%20Mahopadhyay%20Vinaysagar. Udaychandra Jain’s Hem‑Prākṛt‑Vyākaraṇ‑Śikṣāka, Part 1 offers an accessible Prakrit grammarhttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20UDAYCHANDRA%2C%20Hem,Grammar%20made%20easy%20for%20beginners. Ganesh Lalwani’s Candanmūrti and Jain Dharm va Darśan (both Hindi translations by Rajkumari Begani) provide narratives about Jātismars and a treatise on Jain metaphysicshttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=LALWANI%2C%20GANESH%2C%20Candanm%C5%ABrti,A%20treatise%20on%20Jaina%20metaphysics. The list continues with Lalwani’s Nīlāñjanā, another collection of Jain stories in Hindihttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=28%20LALWANI%2C%20GANESH%2C%20Nilanjan%C4%81%20,in%20Hindi%29%2C%20Sri%20Jindatt, and Bhāṇvarlāl Nahata’s Jaisalmerkā Kalāpūrṇa Jain Mandir, which surveys the Jain temples of Jaisalmerhttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=NAHATA%2C%20BHANWARLAL%2C%20Jaisalmerka%20Kalap%C5%ABr%E1%B9%87%20Jain,of%20Jain%20temples%20of%20Jaiselmer. Rupendra Kumar Pagariya’s edited Vardhamāna Sūri’s Manoramākāhā compiles around eighty folk‑tales with an introductionhttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=PAGARIYA%2C%20RUPENDRA%20KUMAR%20,tales. Two lexicons compiled by Sadhvi Siddhaprajna and Nirvanasri (Nirukta Koṣa) and Samani Kusumaprajna (Ekārthaka Koṣa) collect rare Sanskrit and Prakrit terms from the Jain Āgamashttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=SADHVI%20SIDDHAPRAJNA%20%26%20NIRVANASRI%2C%20Nirukta,gleaned%20from%20Jaina%20Agama%20Texts. Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma’s Thakkara Pheru’s Rayana Parīkṣā edits a mediaeval Prakrit treatise on gemmologyhttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=SARMA%2C%20SREERAMULA%20RAJESWARA%2C%20Thakkara%20Pheru%27s,English%20translation%2C%20notes%20and%20introduction. Kailash Chandra Siddhāntācārya’s Jain Siddhant explains Jain metaphysics through four anuyogas (fields of scriptural exegesis) and doctrines such as syādvāda and karmic theoryhttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=SHASTRI%2C%20Pt,dar%C5%9Bana%2C%20J%C3%B1%C4%81na%2C%20c%C4%83ritra%2C%20etc. Finally, Yuvācārya Mahāprajña’s edited Samavāo presents the Samavāyāṅga Sūtra with Sanskrit and Hindi translationshttps://jainqq.org/booktext/Jain_Journal_1984_07/520075#:~:text=YUVACARYA%20MAHAPRAJNA%20,and%20Hindi%20version%20with%20notes. The list reflects the breadth of contemporary scholarship, ranging from grammatical guides and philosophical treatises to devotional poetry, dictionaries and temple histories.