The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c5.44

c5.44

When stopping further publication of the “Avaśyaka-Erzählungen” LEUMANN had consoled the reader with his “Übersicht über die Avaśyaka-Literature” to come out “in the very next time.” Materials from manuscripts and manuscripts only, a long list of which LEUMANN has given in ZDMG 45 and 46, had been collected for the purpose of laying bare the different layers of an extensive scholastic literature concerning certain indispensable (āvaśyaka) formulae of daily devotion. By this great work he was many decades ahead of his time. But, unfortunately, in this case too, printing was stopped when the 14th form (in folio) had been composed. Not until 34 years later this fragment, rich in contents, but difficult to study, was published by the AUTHOR who was fortunate enough to find the proofs being preserved¹.