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Award of Padmabhushan to Pandit Dalsukh Malvaniya

By Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani

Vol. 171990-1991pp. 128–131English

Summary

This commemorative piece celebrates Pandit Dalsukh Malvaniya’s receipt of the Padmabhushan for his outstanding contributions to Indology and Jain studies. It outlines his early life, scholarly training and mastery of Sanskrit and Prakrit. The article recounts his academic career at institutions such as Banaras Hindu University and highlights his critical editions of Buddhist and Jain scriptures. It notes his role in establishing research institutes and promoting cross‑cultural understanding. By summarising his publications, lectures and service to the academic community, the article portrays Malvaniya as a dedicated scholar whose work preserved and disseminated India’s spiritual heritage. It also reflects on the significance of national recognition for intellectual endeavours and its encouragement of cultural scholarship.

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The tribute to Pandit Dalsukh Malvaniya honours a lifetime of scholarship and service. By receiving the Padmabhushan, he brings attention not only to his own achievements but also to the fields of Jain and Buddhist studies. The article inspires respect for rigorous research and highlights the importance of recognising and supporting scholars who safeguard cultural traditions.

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  • “A function was organized by the L. D. Institute of Indology on 16th Feb. 1992 to felicitate, Pandit Dalsu kh Malvania, the Institute's academic founder and ex-Director for being honoured this year with the award of Padmabhushan by the Government of India.”
  • “Although giving guidance over years to many Ph.D. students and scholars, Indian as well as foreign, he himself does not have any university degree.”
  • “Malvania's very first systematic work published in 1949 when he was just thirtynme evidences his sound grasp and critical insight into those basic philosophical issues with regard to which top intellectuals of India carried on greatly subtle and sophisticated debates during the whole course of the first millennium of the Christian era.”

Works cited in this article

  1. Siddhasena Divakara, a fifth century Jain logician, wrote a short but compact tract putting forth the Jain philosophical viewpoint vis-a-vis various Buddhist and Vedic positions.
  2. His ideas and arguments were extensively worked out by Jnati Acarya in the 12th century.
  3. L.D. Series (comparable in quality and quantity to the famous Gaekwad's Series, the Harvard Oriental Series and the Singhi Jain Series of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan)
  4. Prakrit Text-Society Series
  5. Parshvanath Research Institute of the Banaras Hindu University, which has, among other things, brought out a comprehensive history of Jain literature.

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Vol. 17
1–16Detachment and Liberation in Indian Philosophy and its Impact on Modern TimesH. M. Joshi1–8Appendix: Alamkara‑DappanaHarivallabh Chunilal Bhayani17–22The 'Jyotish Yantra' (Astrolabe) at the L.D. Institute23–35Anubhasya of Sri Vallabhacharya Vis-A-Vis the 'Vedanta' by V. S. GhateV. S. Ghate36–42A Forged Agarva Copper-Plate Grant of SahasrarjunaBharti Shelat, Pravinchandra Parikh43–53Emendations Essential to the Vedic Grammar of BhojadevaNarayan M. Kansara54–59Rasanirupana of AjitasenacharyaParul N. Mankad60–67Philosophy of Language – An Indian PerspectiveV. N. Jha68–80The Concept of Change – As Treated in Buddhism: Section‑I Hinayana BuddhismBhavana Trivedi81–84जाणई - पासइHarnarayan U. Pandya85–88प्राकृत भाषा में उद्वृत्त स्वरके स्थान पर 'य' श्रुति की यथार्थताK. R. Chandra89–96अ'ग सूत्र 'आचार'- सापेक्ष जीवसिद्धि गुरू विचक्षण पदजGuru Vichakshana Padaraj - Sadhvi Surekha97–114પણિડતરાજ જગન્નાથકૃત “પ્રૌઢમનેરમાકુચમર્દિની” ટીકાને અભ્યાસ (Part - 1)Vasantkumar M. Bhatt115–119પણિડતરાજ જગન્નાથકૃત “પ્રૌઢમનેરમાકુચમર્દિની” ટીકાને અભ્યાસ (Part - 2)121–127Location of RasaV. M. Kulkarni128–131Award of Padmabhushan to Pandit Dalsukh MalvaniyaHarivallabh Chunilal BhayaniCurrent article132–134Book Review: Suresvara’s Vartika on Madhu Brahmana

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