Status: | Active |
Founder: | Nathuram Premi |
Successor: | Manish Modi |
Country: | India |
Headquarters: | 9 Hirabaug, C. P. Tank, Mumbai - 400004 |
Distribution: | Worldwide |
Keypeople: | Manish Modi, (Owner, Publisher and Author) |
Topics: | Jainology, Indology |
Genre: | Religion, Literature, Philosophy, Mythology |
Url: | http://www.hindibooks.8m.com |
Hindi Granth Karyalay is an Indian publishing house and specialized book store dealing in books pertaining to Jainology and Indology in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Apabhramsha. It was established in Mumbai, India in 1912 by its founder Nathuram Premi. It publishes and distributes serials, monographs, and scholarly publications on Indian religions, philosophy, history, culture, arts, architecture, archaeology, language, literature, linguistics, musicology, mysticism, yoga, tantra, occult, medicine, astronomy, astrology and other related subjects, and to date have published over 100 works of noted Indian and International authors and scholars.
See main article: Nathuram Premi. On 24 September 1912, Pandit Nathuram Premi founded the publishing house Hindi Granth Ratnākar Kāryālay (now known as Hindi Granth Karyalay) at C.P. Tank, Mumbai. It was to become the foremost Hindi publishing house in India and is also the oldest bookstore of Mumbai. Born on 26 November 1881 in Deori, in the district of Sagar in Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nāthūrām Premī was the eldest child of Tundelal Modi, a travelling merchant of modest means, belonging to the Paravāra community of Digambara Jains hailing from Bundelkhand. He arrived in Mumbai in 1901, and started working for the Digambara Jain Tīrthakṣetra Committee as a clerk. The owner of Hirabaug, Seth Manikchandra, impressed by his honesty, diligence and intellect asked the young Nāthūrām Premī to take up rooms at the Hirabaug Dharmashala at the heart of the Mumbai market and start his business from there. He accepted the offer and together with Pannalal Bakhliwal started the Jain Granth Ratnākar Kāryālay in 1906. From this humble beginnings, in 1912 he started the publishing house Hindi Granth Ratnākar Kāryālay.
The first publication of Hindi Granth Ratnākar Kāryālay was a Hindi translation of John Stuart Mill's Liberty, titled Svādhīnatā translated by Pandit Mahaviraprasad Dvivedi. They published almost the entire oeuvre of Sharat Chandra Chatterji, the great Bengali writer and some works of Rabindranath Tagore, such as Ānkh kī Kirkirī, and Naukā Dūbī. Premiji also published Hindi translations of the Gujarati writer KM Munshi, such as Gujarāt ke Nāth and Pātan kā Prabhutva. Other famous works published include Munshi Premchand's classic novel, Godān and short story collections titled Nava Nidhi and Sapta Saroj. He also published works of then new writers such as Hajariprasad Dvivedi, Jainendrakumar, Yashpal, Acharya Chatursen, and Pandit Sudarshan. He also published the Bengali plays of Dvijendra Lal Rai for the first time in Hindi.
In memory of Seth Manikchandra, Premiji established the Manikacandra Jain Granthamālā wherein he published Jain scriptures, for the first time systematically edited by philologists. The Manikacandra Jain Granthamālā published over 48 Digambara Jain texts, mostly written in Prakrit, Apabhramśa or Sanskrit. He ran the Manikacandra Jain Granthamālā on an honorary basis between 1915 and the 1950s selling all the books at cost price. When his health began to fail, it was decided to hand over the series to Bhāratīya Jñānapītha in Varanasi.
Under Premiji’s tutelage, Hindi Granth Ratnākar Kāryālay became India's No. 1 publishers of Hindi literature. In recognition of his contributions to Indian literature, the acclaimed Hindi novelist Vishnu Prabhakar called Premiji the "Bhīsma Pitāmaha" of Hindi publishing.Premiji had suffered from asthma for a long time and died owing to old age on 30 January 1960. He left behind his daughter-in-law and two grandsons. His elder grandson, Yashodhar Modi, continued his legacy till his death in 2014, along with his son, Manish Modi. Now Hindi Granth Karyalay is being managed by Premiji's great grandson Manish Modi. In Premiji's memory, his grandson Yashodhar Modi has started the Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series. This series has published select volumes focusing on subjects as varied as Jainism, philosophy and yoga and published original texts by ancient and medieval Jain ascetics such as Kundakunda, Samantabhadra, Pūjyapāda, Joindu, Prabhācandra, Vādirāja, Bhāvadeva and many others, usually accompanied by translation in either Hindi or English. Also, highly respected modern scholars such as Premiji himself, Prof. Ludwig Alsdorf, Prof. Maurice Bloomfield, Prof. Willem Bollée and Dr. Jaykumar Jalaj have been and are being published in the Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series.
Hindi Granth Karyalay's bookstore is located at 9 Hirabaug, C. P. Tank, Mumbai 400004. Besides housing its own published titles, Hindi Granth Karyalay also stocks, sells and distribute Indological literature of thousands of different titles.
Jain Studies: Their Present State and Future Tasks
By Prof Dr Ludwig Alsdorf
English tr. by Bal Patil
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 1
Published in 2006
In reprint
The Story of Paesi
Based on the Rayapasenia Kaha
English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 2
Published in 2005
₹ 1200
Ratnakaranda Shravakacara
Sanskrit text by Acarya Samantabhadra
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 3
Published in 2006, 2006, 2012
₹ 50
Vyavahara Bhashya Pithika
English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 4
Published in 2006, 2012
In reprint
Samadhitantra
Sanskrit text by Acarya Pujyapada
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 5
Published in 2006, 2006, 2008, 2016
₹ 34
Atthapahuda
Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 6
Published in 2006, 2008, 2013
₹ 125
Tattvarthasutra
Sanskrit text by Acarya Prabhacandra
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 7
Published in 2008
In reprint
Yogamrit : Yog Sahaj Jivan Vigyan
By Mahavir Sainik
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 8
Published in 2006
Out of print
Paramatmaprakasha
Apabhramsa text by Acarya Joindu
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9
Published in 2007
In reprint
Yogasara
Apabhramsa text by Acarya Joindu
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 10
Published in 2007, 2009
₹ 30
Dhyanastava
Sanskrit text by Acarya Bhaskaranandi
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 11
Published in 2007
In reprint
Dhyanashataka
Prakrit text by Jinabhadragani Kshamashramana
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Published in 2007, 2009
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 12
In reprint
Barasa Anuvekkha
Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda
Sanskrit tr. & Hindi gloss by Pt. Nathuram Premi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 13
Published in 2010
₹ 50
Ishtopadesha
Sanskrit text by Acarya Pujyapada
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 14
Published in 2007, 2009, 2013
In reprint
Life and Stories of the Jain Saviour Parshvanatha
An English tr. of Acarya Bhavadeva's Parshvacaritram
by Prof Dr Maurice Bloomfield
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 15
Published in 2008
In reprint
Tattvasara
Prakrit text by Acarya Devasena
English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 16
Published in 2013
In reprint
The Apabhramsha of Svayambhudeva’s Paumacariu
By Dr Eva de Clercq
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 17
Published in 2010
₹ 180
Jainism and the Definition of Religion
By Dr Piotr Balcerowicz
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 18
Published in 2009
₹ 50
Dravyasamgraha
Compendium of Substances
Prakrit text by Acarya Nemicandra
English tr. by Prof Dr Nalini Balbir
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 19
Published in 2010, 2013
₹ 50
Tattvarthasutra
Sanskrit text by Acarya Prabhacandra
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj, English tr. by Anish Shah
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 20
Published in 2012
₹ 30
Rayanasara
Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 21
Published in 2011
₹ 50
Jainism: An Eternal Pilgrimage
By Bal Patil
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 23
Published in 2008, 2011
In reprint
Dravyasamgraha
Prakrit text by Acarya Nemicandra
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 24
Published in 2009
₹ 30
Parshvanathacaritram
Sanskrit text by Acarya Vadiraja
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 25
In press
Parshvacaritram: The Life of Parshva
Sanskrit text by Acarya Gunabhadra
English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 26
Published in 2008
₹ 60
Jain Sahitya aur Itihas
By Pt. Nathuram Premi
Published in 1942, 1956
In reprint
Understanding Jainism
By Prof Dr Lawrence A. Babb
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 27
Published in 2016
₹ 250
Tales of Atonement
Stories from Malayagiri's Commentary on the Vyavahara Bhashya
English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 28
Published in 2008
₹ 300
A Handbook on the Three Jewels of Jainism
THE YOGASHASTRA OF HEMACANDRA
A 12th Century Jain Treatise on Yoga
Sanskrit text by Acarya Hemacandra
English tr. by Prof Dr Olle Qvarnström
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 29
Published in 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2013
₹ 700
Samayasara
Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda
Hindi translation by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 30
Published in 2012, 2012
₹ 80
Dhyanabattisi
32 Steps to Liberation
Braj text by Banarasidas
English tr. by Jerome Petit
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 31
Published in 2010
In reprint
Tattvarthasutra
Aspects of Reality in Jainism, through the Eyes of a Scientist
Sanskrit text by Acarya Umasvati
English tr. and commentary by Dr Duli Chandra Jain
Preface by Prof Padmanabh S. Jaini
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 32
Published in 2012, 2013
₹ 600
Svarupa-Sambodhana
Right Instruction on the Nature of the Soul
Sanskrit text by Acarya Akalanka
English tr., notes and introduction by Nagin J. Shah
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 33
Published in 2011
₹ 50
Tattvajnana Dvatrimshika
Sanskrit text by Acarya Siddhasena Divakara
English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 34
Published in 2013
₹ 20
Three Prakrit Grammars
By Saartje Verbeke
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 35
Published in 2010
₹ 300
Ishtopadesha
Beneficial Teachings
Sanskrit text by Acarya Pujyapada
Gujarati tr. by Pravina Mehta, English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 36
Published in 2010, 2013
₹ 20
Bhaktamara Stotra
Sanskrit text by Acarya Manatunga
Hindi poetic tr. and gloss by Pt Nathuram Premi, English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 37
Published in 2012, 2013
In reprint
Mrityu Mahotsava
A Celebration of Death
Sanskrit text by an Unknown Writer
Hindi tr. by Shreyans Sukhani, Gujarati tr. by Dr Shilpa Vasani,
English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 38
Published in 2010
In reprint
Chhahdhala
By Pandit Daulatram
Original text in Braj + Hindi translation
Hindi prose and poetic translations by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 39
Published in 2014, 2014
₹ 100
Hridaya Pradipa
Verses to Illumine Your Heart
Sanskrit text by an Unknown Writer
English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 40
Published in 2013
In reprint
Ratnakarandaka Shravakacara
Sanskrit text by Acarya Samantabhadra
English tr. and commentary by Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 41
Published in 2012, 2012
In reprint
Kalyanamandira Stotra
Sanskrit text by Acarya Kumudacandra
Hindi poetic tr. and gloss by Pt Shobhachandra Bharill, English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 42
Published in 2013
In reprint
Sadbodha-Candrodaya
Sanskrit text by Acarya Padmanandi
English tr. by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 43
Published in 2014
₹ 25
International Journal of Jain Studies, Volume 1 - 3
In reprint
International Journal of Jain Studies, Volume 4 - 6
Published in 2011
₹ 800
International Journal of Jain Studies, Volume 7 - 9
Published in 2014
₹ 700
Christianity and Jainism
An Interfaith Dialogue
By Prof Padmanabh S. Jaini
Published in 2009
₹ 30
Bhagavan Mahavir ka Buniyadi Chintan
By Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Published in 2017 (46th edition)
₹ 34
The Basic Thought of Bhagavan Mahavir
By Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
English tr. by Manish Modi
Published in 2017 (14th edition)
₹ 34
Bhagavan Mahavir nu Buniyadi Chintan
By Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Gujarati tr. by Prof. Bhagavati Prasad Upadhyay
Published in 2010
In reprint
Rebirth of the Karma Doctrine
By Prof Dr Subhash Jain
Published in 2010
₹ 125
Unlimited Horizons
By Hermann Kuhn
Published in 2010
₹ 285
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Dilon ke Rishte
By Prem Dhavan
Published in 2001
₹ 100
Religious Ethics: A Sourcebook
By Prof Dr Arthur Dobrin
Published in 2004
In reprint
The Lost Art of Happiness
By Prof Dr Arthur Dobrin
Published in 2007, 2009
₹ 250
Business Ethics: The Right Way to Riches
By Prof Dr Arthur Dobrin
Published in 2006, 2008, 2009
In reprint
Spelling God with Two O's
By Prof Dr Arthur Dobrin
Published in 2009
In reprint