Books Received

Summary

The “Books Received” section lists recent publications in Jain studies. The first entry is *Mṛk Mati* (Hindi) by Acarya Vidyasagar, an epic poem exploring the soul’s journey from suffering to liberationfile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=ACARYA%20VIDYASAGAR%2C%20Mk%20Mati%20,to%20it%20desire%20for%20liberation. Bool Chand’s second edition of *Lord Mahavira* (Ch. V. Research Institute, Varanasi, 1987) offers a historical study of Mahavirafile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=BOOL%20CHAND%2C%20Lord%20Mahavira%20,A%20study%20in%20historical%20perspective. Rameshchandra Gupta’s *Tirthankar, Buddha aur Avatār* (Hindi, 1988) provides a comparative analysis of the concepts of Tirthankara, Buddha and Avatarafile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=GUPTA%2C%20RAMESHCHANDRA%2C%20Tirthankar%2C%20Buddha%20aur,of%20Tirthankara%2C%20Buddha%20and%20Avatara. Several works by Phulchand Jain are noted, including *Jain Dharm aur Śraman Saṃgha* (tract on the Śramanic order)file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20PHULCHAND%2C%20Jain%20Dharm%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0,on%20Sramanic%20Order%20in%20Jainism, *Mālācāra kā Samīkṣātmaka Adhyayan* (critical study of the Digambara treatise *Mālācāra*)file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20PHULCHAND%2C%20Malgcar%20ka%20Samiksatmak,542.%20Price%20Rs.%2060.00 and *Jain Dharm kā Marm* (tract on the essence of religion)file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Arhat%20Par%C2%A7va%20aur,00. The list also features numerous titles by Sagarmal Jain: *Arhat Pārśva aur Unkī Paramparā* (tract on Tirthankara Pārśvanātha and his tradition)file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Arhat%20Par%C2%A7va%20aur,Tirthankara%20Parsvanatha%20and%20his%20followers; *Dhārmik Sahishnutā aur Jain Dharm* (treatise on religious toleration and Jainism)file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Dhgrmic%20Sahisnuta%20aur,on%20religious%20toleration%20and%20Jainism; a study on Haribhadra in Hindifile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Haribhadra%202%E0%AB%AE%20Avadgn,on%20the%20contribution%20of%20Haribhadra; *Jain Adhyātmavād : Ādhunik Sandarbha meṃ* (tract on Jaina spiritualism in a modern context)file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=153%20JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Jain%20Adhyatmavad,Jaina%20spiritualism%20in%20modern%20context; and the edited volume *Jain Ektā kā Praśn* dealing with Jain unityfile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%20,. His *Lala Harjas Rai Commemoration Volume* (1987) contains a biography of Lala Harjas Rai, history of the P. V. Research Institute and research papersfile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Lalg%20Harjas%20Rai,both%20in%20Hindi%20and%20English. Additional entries include works on the *Paryuṣaṇ* festivalfile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Paryusas%20Parv%3A%20ek,Paryusan%20Festival%20of%20the%20Jainas, two versions of *Ṛgibhāsita* (a 2,400‑year‑old philosophical text) in English and Hindifile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%2C%20Rgibhasita%3A%20A%20Study%2C,Research%20Institute%2C%20Varanasi%2C%201988, a bibliography of doctoral dissertations in Jain and Buddhist studiesfile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=JAIN%2C%20SAGARMAL%20%26%20SINGH%2C%20ARUN,Dissertations%20in%20Jaina%20and%20Buddhist, and Muni Jinavijay’s *Gujrat ka Jain Dharm*file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=MUNI%20JINAVIJAY%2C%20Gujrat%20ka%20Jain,delivered%20in%20Gujrati%20in%201947. Other notable books are Vishvanath Pathak’s Hindi translation of Jayaballabha’s *Vajjalaggam*file:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=154%20JAIN%20JOURNAL%20PATHAK%2C%20VISVANATH,lii%2B513.%20Price%20Rs.%2060.00, Jogendra Chandra Sikdar’s *Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy*, a critical analysis of matter in Indian and Jain thoughtfile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=SIKDAR%2C%20JOGENDRA%20CHANDRA%2C%20Concept%20of,thought%E2%80%94philosophical%20as%20well%20as%20scientific, and Nathmal Tantia’s *Lectures on Jainism*, five lectures covering asceticism, dhyāna (meditation), the feminine aspects of Jainism, the *Ācārāṅga Sūtra* and the doctrine of anekāntafile:///home/oai/share/split_out/07_Books_Received.pdf#:~:text=TANTIA%2C%20NATHMAL%2C%20Lectures%20on%20Jainism,comparative%20and%20historical%20review. Together, these titles illustrate the range of contemporary scholarship, spanning epic poetry, history, philosophy, practice, and pedagogy within Jain studies.