A Handbook On The Three Jewels of Jainism The Yogasastra of Hemacandra (A 12th Century Jaina Treatise on Yoga)
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Author(s)Olle Qvarnstrom
ISBN / ASIN8188769401
ISBN-139788188769407
Sales Rank9,801,005
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Language: Sanskrit Text with Roman Transliteration and English Translations
Pages: 367
Preface
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Michael Witzel, Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and esteemed editor of the Harvard Oriental Series, for kindly approving the Indian publication of The Yoga sastra of Hemacandra, a Twelfth Century Handbook on Svetambara jainism. This Indian edition is a revised and expanded version of the original, published as Volume 60 of the Harvard Oriental Series (ISBN 0-674-00934-7). I also want to express my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Martin Gansten for his excellent proof reading of the manuscript and for suggesting valuable improvements of the translation. Warmest thanks also to Manish Modi of the Hindi Granth Karyalay for including it in the Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series.
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Introduction
Hemacandra
When the author of the Yoga sastra completed his scholastic summa of Svetambara Jainism and presented it to king Kumarapala, not only was his name inscribed in the royal chronicles of the Caulukya dynasty, he also became a famous and respected scholar for those future generations, Jainas and non-Jainas, who came to regard his exposition as the arguably most systematic and clear work of its kind. Born in a town located sixty miles southwest of Ahmedabad during the latter part of the 11th century, Hernacandra! grew up in a region where the spread and development of religious ideas were not impeded by Islam, even though the region was still marked by the political destabilization which had resulted from Mahmud Ghazni's invasions at the beginning of the century Under the reign of the Saivite king Kama and his wife Mayanalladevi, Hemacandra and his fellow Jainas lived in relatively peaceful coexistence with various Saiva denominations, all profiting from royal patronage in compliance with ancient Indian royal ideology.
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Pages: 367
Preface
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Michael Witzel, Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and esteemed editor of the Harvard Oriental Series, for kindly approving the Indian publication of The Yoga sastra of Hemacandra, a Twelfth Century Handbook on Svetambara jainism. This Indian edition is a revised and expanded version of the original, published as Volume 60 of the Harvard Oriental Series (ISBN 0-674-00934-7). I also want to express my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Martin Gansten for his excellent proof reading of the manuscript and for suggesting valuable improvements of the translation. Warmest thanks also to Manish Modi of the Hindi Granth Karyalay for including it in the Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series.
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Introduction
Hemacandra
When the author of the Yoga sastra completed his scholastic summa of Svetambara Jainism and presented it to king Kumarapala, not only was his name inscribed in the royal chronicles of the Caulukya dynasty, he also became a famous and respected scholar for those future generations, Jainas and non-Jainas, who came to regard his exposition as the arguably most systematic and clear work of its kind. Born in a town located sixty miles southwest of Ahmedabad during the latter part of the 11th century, Hernacandra! grew up in a region where the spread and development of religious ideas were not impeded by Islam, even though the region was still marked by the political destabilization which had resulted from Mahmud Ghazni's invasions at the beginning of the century Under the reign of the Saivite king Kama and his wife Mayanalladevi, Hemacandra and his fellow Jainas lived in relatively peaceful coexistence with various Saiva denominations, all profiting from royal patronage in compliance with ancient Indian royal ideology.
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