त्रिषष्टि शलाका पुरुष चरित्र TRISHASHTI SHALAKA PURUSHA CARITRA THE JAIN SAGA An English translation of Hemacandra's Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra By Helen Johnson

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You will be delighted to learn that Helen Johnson's classic translation of Acarya Hemacandra's masterly Sanskrit composition, Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra has been republished in a beautifully printed set of three books!

त्रिषष्टि शलाका पुरुष चरित्र

TRISHASHTI SHALAKA PURUSHA CARITRA

THE JAIN SAGA

An English translation of Hemacandra's Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

By Helen Johnson

Revised by Muni Samvegayashavijaya

English

Set of 3 books

2009 23 x 15 cm 1700 pages

Deluxe paperback edition in slipcase Rs. 1000 per set

http://www.navelgazing.net/2013/09/acarya-hemacandras-trishashthi-shalaka.html

Acarya Hemacandra is one of the most influential acaryas of the Jain tradition. He was widely respected not only in the Jain tradition, but also in the Sanskrit world of the 12th century. He wrote extensively in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Apabhramsha and Old Gujarati. He is said to have composed 3.5 crore verses.

Of his many works, the most influential are: Yogashastra and Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra. We are proud to have published the first and distribute the second!

Both are Sanskrit works, the former focusing on inner development and spiritual nourishment while the latter recounts the hagiographies of the 63 Great Men of the Jain tradition.

The 63 Great Men of the Jain tradition are:

24 Tirthankaras

12 Cakravartis

9 Narayanas

9 Balabhadras

9 Prati-Narayanas

There is a rich tradition in the Jain community of writing highly articulate life stories of the 63 Great Men. This telling of the hagiographies of the 63 Great Men is known as the Jain Universal History. Acarya Jinasena and Gunabhadra composed the masterly Mahapurana in Sanskrit. This was followed by the Apabhramsha Mahapurana by Acarya Pushpadanta. In this tradition of hagiographies, Acarya Hemacandra's Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra comes third in chronological order but is probably the best known.

Helen Johnson worked hard and composed a very fine translation of Hemacandra's Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra. This was published some time in the 1940s and has been out of print since then.

The present work is a revised edition of Helen Johnson's pioneering work. This work does not have diacritic marks, much to the chagrin of the scholar, but this makes the text easy to read for the common man.

For reasons of brevity, the Sanskrit mula patha has not been given. Only the revised English translation of Helen Johnson has been provided.

The set of 3 books has been printed beautifully on acid free paper and packed in a smart slip case. The price has been subsidised for this edition.

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Manish Yashodhar Modi

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