active founded 1912 1912 founder nathuram premi successor manish modi country of origin india headquarters location 9 hirabaug c. p. tank mumbai 400004 distribution worldwide key people manish modi owner publisher and author nonfiction topics jainology indology fiction genres religion literature philosophy mythology official website 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 . contents 1 history 1.1 establishment 1.2 early history 1.3 current management 2 bookstore 3 publications by hindi granth karyalay 4 external links history edit establishment edit main article nathuram premi nathuram premi founder of hindi granth karyalay on 24 september 1912 pandit nathuram premi founded the publishing house hindi granth ratn kar k ry lay 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 n th r m prem was the eldest child of tundelal modi a travelling merchant of modest means belonging to the parav ra community of digambara jains hailing from bundelkhand . he arrived in mumbai in 1901 and started working for the digambara jain t rthak etra committee as a clerk . the owner of hirabaug seth manikchandra impressed by his honesty diligence and intellect asked the young n th r m prem 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 ratn kar k ry lay in 1906 . from this humble beginnings in 1912 he started the publishing house hindi granth ratn kar k ry lay . early history edit the first publication of hindi granth ratn kar k ry lay was a hindi translation of john stuart mill s liberty titled sv dh nat 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 nkh k kirkir and nauk d b . premiji also published hindi translations of the gujarati writer km munshi such as gujar t ke n th and p tan k prabhutva . other famous works published include munshi premchand s classic novel god n 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 grantham l wherein he published jain scriptures for the first time systematically edited by philologists . the manikacandra jain grantham l published over 48 digambara jain texts mostly written in prakrit apabhram a or sanskrit . he ran the manikacandra jain grantham l 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 bh rat ya j nap tha in varanasi . current management edit book shop hindi granth karyalay at hirabaug c.p. tank mumbai under premiji s tutelage hindi granth ratn kar k ry lay 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 bh sma pit maha 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 2013 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 p jyap da joindu prabh candra v dir ja bh vadeva 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 boll e and dr. jaykumar jalaj have been and are being published in the pandit nathuram premi research series . bookstore edit 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 . publications by hindi granth karyalay edit 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 isbn 978 81 88769 13 1 in reprint the story of paesi based on the rayapasenia kaha prakrit text in roman and devanagari english tr . by prof dr willem boll e pandit nathuram premi research series volume 2 published in 2005 isbn 978 81 88769 03 2 rs . 795 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 isbn 978 81 88769 78 0 rs . 50 vyavahara bhashya pithika prakrit text in roman english tr . by prof dr willem boll e pandit nathuram premi research series volume 4 published in 2006 2012 isbn 978 81 88769 70 4 rs . 500 samadhitantra sanskrit text by acarya pujyapada hindi tr . by dr jaykumar jalaj pandit nathuram premi research series volume 5 published in 2006 2006 2008 isbn 978 81 88769 06 3 in reprint atthapahuda 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 rs . 125 tattvarthasutra 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 by mahavir sainik pandit nathuram premi research series volume 8 published in 2006 isbn 978 81 88769 17 9 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 isbn 978 81 88769 09 4 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 isbn 978 81 88769 12 4 rs . 30 dhyanastava 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 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 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 rs . 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 isbn 978 81 88769 23 0 rs . 30 life and stories of the jain saviour parshvanatha an english tr . of acarya bhavadeva s parsvacaritram by prof dr maurice bloomfield pandit nathuram premi research series volume 15 published in 2008 isbn 978 81 88769 24 7 rs . 700 tattvasara prakrit text by acarya devasena sanskrit gloss by muni ratnabhanuvijaya english tr . by manish modi pandit nathuram premi research series volume 16 published in 2012 isbn 978 81 88769 25 4 rs . 30 the apabhramsha of svayambhudeva s paumacariu by dr eva de clercq pandit nathuram premi research series volume 17 published in 2010 isbn 978 81 88769 28 5 rs . 180 jainism and the definition of religion by dr piotr balcerowicz pandit nathuram premi research series volume 18 published in 2009 isbn 978 81 88769 29 2 rs . 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 2012 isbn 978 81 88769 30 8 rs . 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 isbn 978 81 88769 31 5 published in 2012 rs . 30 rayanasara 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 rs . 50 jainism an eternal pilgrimage by bal patil pandit nathuram premi research series volume 23 published in 2008 2011 isbn 978 81 88769 54 4 rs . 300 dravyasamgraha 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 rs . 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 by acarya gunabhadra english tr . by prof dr willem boll e pandit nathuram premi research series volume 26 published in 2008 isbn 978 81 88769 35 3 rs . 60 jain sahitya aur itihas by pt . nathuram premi pandit nathuram premi research series volume 27 published in 1942 1956 2013 isbn 978 81 88769 02 5 in reprint tales of atonement stories from malayagiri s commentary on the vyavahara bhashya english tr . by prof dr willem boll e pandit nathuram premi research series volume 28 published in 2008 isbn 978 81 88769 38 4 rs . 300 a handbook on the three jewels of jainism the yogasastra of hemacandra a 12th century jain treatise on yoga sanskrit text by acarya hemacandra english tr . by prof dr olle qvarnstr m pandit nathuram premi research series volume 29 published in 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 isbn 978 81 88769 94 0 rs . 700 samayasara 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 rs . 80 dhyanabattisi 32 steps to liberation braj text by banarasidasa 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 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 rs . 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