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This is an important reference book for all research scholars in Jainism, ancient Kannada literature, Indian epigraphy, iconography, and manuscripts.
The British Library and other institutions hold rich collections of Jain manuscripts that are well preserved. However, this was not generally known and, despite some existing lists and catalogues, there was no analytical record of the full contents. The catalogue being published contains information from 1,083 manuscripts contained in 1,425 entries and is an exceptionally inspiring and joyous event. The manuscripts are from the collections of The British Library, ...
Interest for Jain studies has increased considerably in the last decades. Scholars will be thankful to the organizers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference who, for the first time in such a conference, planned a special panel on this field. The ten papers collected in this volume show the importance, abundance and variety of topics that can be considered. Philological analysis still proves useful, whether it concentrates on one particular work ...