History and Development of Prakrit Literature traces the important role played by Prakrit language and narrative literature in the development of Indian languages and literature. This is considered to be the first attempt ever, by any Indian or foreign scholar in this field. This publication has been painstakingly, manually prepared by Dr J C Jain after a detailed research of a wide range of Indian and foreign literary works, which has taken several years. The manifold contributions of Prakrit in the field of Ardhamagadhi, Sauraseni, Maharastri ad Paisachi language and literature, development of narrative literature in Maharastri, contributions in the field of Sanskrit poetics and drama have all been incorporated in this rare publication. Dr Jain has considered all the traditional views of ancient authors and grammarians and has compared them to those of the modern times, to enable to present a clear viewpoint to the readers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagdish Chandra Jain
Dr. Jagdishchandra Jain (b.1909), a veteran and internationally reputed author, is an eminent scholar of Prakrit and Jainism. He has been a Research Professor in the Department of Indology, University of Kiel (Federal Republic of Germany) and a Professor of Hindi in Peking, Republic of China. He was a Professor and research guide in Prakrit and Jainism in the Vaishali Institute of prakrit, Jainism and Ahimsa (Government of Bihar), and Head of the Department of Hindi and Professor of Sanskrit and Prakrit in the Ramnarain Ruia College, University of Bombay. He was invited to deliver lecture on ancient Indian Culture in the U.S.A., Canada and Latin America. He is widely travelled and has delivered lectures in the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad; Department of Jainology, University of Dharwad, Karnataka University; Department of Buddhist studies, university of Delhi. Besides being an author of over 70 books on a variety of subjects, he has contributed numerous research papers in Indian and foreign reputed oriental journals. Some of his outstanding works include : The vasudevahindi - An Authentic jain Version of the Brhatkatha; Prakrit narrative Literature : Origin and Growth (Sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research); Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jaina Canon and Commentaries (enlarged Revised edition); Seven Pearls of Wisdom; Prakrit Sahitya Ka Itihas (Hindi, received Uttar Pradesh Govt. Award; revised second edition); Bhagwan Mahavir (Hindi, Kannada and Oriya edutions);Soviet Roos Pita ke Patron me (Soviet Land Nehru Award-winner); History and Development of Prakrit Literature (Soon to be Published).
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