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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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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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.2

The story

Founded by Nathuram Premi in 1912.1

Establishment

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.

Early history

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.

Current management

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.

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Bookstore

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.

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series

Jain Studies: Their Present State and Future Tasks

{English}

By Prof Dr Ludwig Alsdorf

Read the full text

English tr. by Bal Patil

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 1

Published in 2006

ISBN 978-81-88769-13-1

In reprint

The Story of Paesi

Based on the Rayapasenia Kaha

{Prakrit text + English commentary}

English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 2

Published in 2005

ISBN 978-81-88769-03-2

₹ 1200

Ratnakaranda Shravakacara

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Samantabhadra

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 3

Published in 2006, 2006, 2012

ISBN 978-81-88769-78-0

₹ 50

Vyavahara Bhashya Pithika

{Prakrit text + English commentary}

English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 4

Published in 2006, 2012

ISBN 978-81-88769-70-4

In reprint

Samadhitantra

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Pujyapada

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 5

Published in 2006, 2006, 2008, 2016

ISBN 978-81-88769-06-3

₹ 34

Atthapahuda

{Prakrit text + Hindi translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 6

Published in 2006, 2008, 2013

ISBN 978-81-88769-15-5

₹ 125

Tattvarthasutra

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Prabhacandra

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 7

Published in 2008

ISBN 978-81-88769-16-2

In reprint

Yogamrit: Yog Sahaj Jivan Vigyan

{Hindi}

By Mahavir Sainik

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 8

Published in 2006

ISBN 978-81-88769-17-9

Out of print

Paramatmaprakasha

{Apabhramsha text + Hindi translation}

Apabhramsa text by Acarya Joindu

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9

Published in 2007

ISBN 978-81-88769-09-4

In reprint

Yogasara

{Apabhramsha text + Hindi translation}

Apabhramsa text by Acarya Joindu

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 10

Published in 2007, 2009

ISBN 978-81-88769-12-4

₹ 30

Dhyanastava

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Bhaskaranandi

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 11

Published in 2007

ISBN 978-81-88769-20-9

In reprint

Dhyanashataka

{Prakrit text + Hindi translation}

Prakrit text by Jinabhadragani Kshamashramana

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Published in 2007, 2009

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 12

ISBN 978-81-88769-21-6

In reprint

Barasa Anuvekkha

{Prakrit text + Sanskrit translation + Hindi translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda

Sanskrit tr. & Hindi gloss by Pt. Nathuram Premi

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 13

Published in 2010

ISBN 978-81-88769-22-3

₹ 50

Ishtopadesha

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Pujyapada

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 14

Published in 2007, 2009, 2013

ISBN 978-81-88769-23-0

In reprint

Life and Stories of the Jain Saviour Parshvanatha

{English}

An English tr. of Acarya Bhavadeva's Parshvacaritram

by Prof Dr Maurice Bloomfield

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 15

Published in 2008

ISBN 978-81-88769-24-7

In reprint

Tattvasara

{Prakrit text + English translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Devasena

English tr. by Manish Modi

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 16

Published in 2013

ISBN 978-81-88769-25-4

In reprint

The Apabhramsha of Svayambhudeva’s Paumacariu

{English}

By Dr Eva de Clercq

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 17

Published in 2010

ISBN 978-81-88769-28-5

₹ 180

Jainism and the Definition of Religion

{English}

By Dr Piotr Balcerowicz

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 18

Published in 2009

ISBN 978-81-88769-29-2

₹ 50

Dravyasamgraha

Compendium of Substances

{Prakrit text + English translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Nemicandra

English tr. by Prof Dr Nalini Balbir

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 19

Published in 2010, 2013

ISBN 978-81-88769-87-2

₹ 50

Tattvarthasutra

{Sanskrit text + Hindi & English translations}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-31-5

₹ 30

Rayanasara

{Prakrit text + Hindi translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 21

Published in 2011

ISBN 978-81-88769-32-2

₹ 50

Jainism: An Eternal Pilgrimage

{English}

By Bal Patil

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 23

Published in 2008, 2011

ISBN 978-81-88769-54-4

In reprint

Dravyasamgraha

{Prakrit text + Hindi translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Nemicandra

Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 24

Published in 2009

ISBN 978-81-88769-37-7

₹ 30

Parshvanathacaritram

Sanskrit text by Acarya Vadiraja

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 25

ISBN 978-81-88769-27-8

In press

Parshvacaritram: The Life of Parshva

{Sanskrit text + English translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Gunabhadra

English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 26

Published in 2008

ISBN 978-81-88769-35-3

₹ 60

Jain Sahitya aur Itihas

{Hindi}

By Pt. Nathuram Premi

Published in 1942, 1956

ISBN 978-81-88769-02-5

In reprint

Understanding Jainism

{English}

By Prof Dr Lawrence A. Babb

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 27

Published in 2016

ISBN 978-81-88769-98-8

₹ 250

Tales of Atonement

Stories from Malayagiri's Commentary on the Vyavahara Bhashya

{Prakrit text + English translation}

English tr. by Prof Dr Willem Bollée

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 28

Published in 2008

ISBN 978-81-88769-38-4

₹ 300

A Handbook on the Three Jewels of Jainism

THE YOGASHASTRA OF HEMACANDRA

A 12th Century Jain Treatise on Yoga

{Sanskrit text + English translation}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-94-0

₹ 700

Samayasara

{Prakrit text + Hindi translation}

Prakrit text by Acarya Kundakunda

Hindi translation by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 30

Published in 2012, 2012

ISBN 978-81-88769-80-3

₹ 80

Dhyanabattisi

32 Steps to Liberation

{Braj text + English translation}

Braj text by Banarasidas

English tr. by Jerome Petit

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 31

Published in 2010

ISBN 978-81-88769-48-3

In reprint

Tattvarthasutra

Aspects of Reality in Jainism, through the Eyes of a Scientist

{Sanskrit text + English translation & gloss}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-50-6

₹ 600

Svarupa-Sambodhana

Right Instruction on the Nature of the Soul

{Sanskrit text + English translation & gloss}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Akalanka

English tr., notes and introduction by Nagin J. Shah

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 33

Published in 2011

ISBN 978-81-88769-51-3

₹ 50

Tattvajnana Dvatrimshika

{Sanskrit text + English translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Siddhasena Divakara

English tr. by Manish Modi

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 34

Published in 2013

ISBN 978-81-88769-95-7

₹ 20

Three Prakrit Grammars

{Sanskrit text + English translation & gloss}

By Saartje Verbeke

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 35

Published in 2010

ISBN 978-81-88769-55-1

₹ 300

Ishtopadesha

Beneficial Teachings

{Sanskrit text + Gujarati tr. + English translation}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-93-3

₹ 20

Bhaktamara Stotra

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation & gloss + English translation}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-92-6

In reprint

Mrityu Mahotsava

A Celebration of Death

{Sanskrit text + Hindi, Gujarati & English translations}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-58-2

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-62-9

₹ 100

Hridaya Pradipa

Verses to Illumine Your Heart

{Sanskrit text + English translation}

Sanskrit text by an Unknown Writer

English tr. by Manish Modi

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 40

Published in 2013

ISBN 978-81-88769-82-7

In reprint

Ratnakarandaka Shravakacara

{Sanskrit text + English translation}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-66-7

In reprint

Kalyanamandira Stotra

{Sanskrit text + Hindi translation + English translation}

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

ISBN 978-81-88769-88-9

In reprint

Sadbodha-Candrodaya

{Sanskrit text + English translation}

Sanskrit text by Acarya Padmanandi

English tr. by Manish Modi

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 43

Published in 2014

ISBN 978-81-88769-52-0

₹ 25

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