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Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, was founded on February 18, 1944 〔〔Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 1, p. 298 1987, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 81-260-1803-8〕 by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family and his wife Rama Jain to undertake systematic research and publication of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali and Apabhramsha texts and covering subjects like religion, philosophy, logic, ethics, grammar, astrology, poetics.〔(jnanpith.net ), Bhartiya Jnanpith Official website〕 Its research and publication programme started with the publication of the Dhavala texts. A Jain temple at Moodabidri in Karnataka, southern India, had stored for centuries its manuscript of palm-leaves. It was a 9th-century commentary in Prakrit and Sanskrit, of a 2nd-century AD work, Satkhandagama, in Prakrit on the Jain doctrine of karma. It has published two series of texts: # Moortidevi Granthmala # Lokodaya Granthmala It annually publishes hundreds of books in Hindi (both original and translated works) and other languages, and also presents India's highest literary awards, the Jnanpith Awards and the Moortidevi Award, besides awards for upcoming writers. ==References== 〔 Sonu anand 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bharatiya Jnanpith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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