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The P.S. Jaini Collection at Cal Poly Pomona Library

Professor Padmanabh S. Jaini's PhotoThe University Library at Cal Poly Pomona received a gift collection from Professor Padmanabh S. Jaini, University of California, Berkeley,  in December 2003. Professor Jaini is a scholar of Buddhism and Jainism.

The collection is comprised of over 300 volumes on the canonical literature of the three Indian faiths: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The books are written primarily in Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, with a small number of secondary works in Hindi and English. This is an important and valuable addition to the Cal Poly Pomona Library, and in support to the campus’ newly established Ahimsa Center. image of the bookplate in memory of Asha Jaini

The Collection was donated in memory of Professor and Mrs. Jaini’s daughter, Asha Jaini.   Each volume from the collection bears an inscribed bookplate in memory of Asha.

Professor Jaini visited the Cal Poly Pomona campus during the opening of the Ahimsa Center in May, 2004, and was presented with a framed plaque in recognition of his gift to the University Library.