The Jaina Sutras (SBE Vol. 45) Vani Prakashan Narasimhavatara mudra 150 366

Narasimhavatara mudra 150 366

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Translation 51 Text 215 Abbreviations and Bibilography 291

The knowledge of physiology is essential to understand the pathological processes occurring in the body

The material has been largely collected from Sanskrit medical treatises and nighantus

Every decade brings technological innovations on an unimaginable scale

The Jaina Sutras (SBE Vol. 45) Vani Prakashan Narasimhavatara mudra 150 366Ten years have elapsed since the first part of my translation of Gaina Sutras appeared. During that decennium many and very important additions to our knowledge of Gainism and its history have been made by a small number of excellent scholars. The text of the canonical books, together with good commentaries in Sanskrit and Guzerati, has been made accessible in fair editions published by native scholars in India. Critical editions of two of them have