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________________ AcArya tulasI sammAna se sammAnita padmazrI DaoN. kumArapAla desAI
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________________ namaskAra mahAmaMtra AyariyANaM Namo ko uvajjhAyANaM Na pAsaNo maMgalA lANaMca savvesi / ko siddhANaM Namo A matva pAvappaNAsa jamo arahatANa Namora eso paMca Namukka paDhuma havaI maMgalaM molAe savva sAhUNaM. parasparopagraho jIvAnAm
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________________ jainadarzana kI antarrASTrIya pratibhA mUlyaniSTha patrakAra evaM satvazIla sAhitya-sarjaka padmazrI DaoN. kumArapAla desAI sampAdaka santoSakumAra surANA anekAnta bhAratI prakAzana ahamadAbAda
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________________ jainadarzana kI antarrASTrIya pratibhA mUlyaniSTha patrakAra evaM satvazIla sAhitya-sarjaka DaoN. kumArapAla desAI prathama saMskaraNa : 2017 prakAzaka: anekAnta bhAratI prakAzana I-2, cArula phlaiTsa, sahajAnanda kaoNleja ke pAsa, A~bAvAr3I, ahamadAbAda-380015 mo. 9426087220 mudraka : . avadha prinTarsa, sI-74, sAIMdhAma TenAmeMTa, vastrAla roDa, ahamadAbAda-382418 mo. 7048173612
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________________ jainadarzana kI antarrASTrIya pratibhA mUlyaniSTha patrakAra evaM satvazIla sAhitya-sarjaka DaoN. kumArapAla desAI preraka, mUlyaniSTha aura AdhyAtmika sAhitya-sarjaka, cintaka aura vicAraka ke rUpa meM zrI kumArapAla desAI kA vyaktitva mAnavIya mUlyoM aura AdhyAtmika abhIpsAoM kI sugandha cahu~ ora phailAtA jA rahA hai| aise vyaktitva ke dhanI kumArapAla desAI kA janma rANapura meM 30 agasta 1942 ke dina huA thaa| inakA mUla vatana sAyalA hai| ApakI mAtA kA nAma jayAbahana aura pitA kA nAma bAlAbhAI desAI hai| Apake pitA kA upanAma 'jayabhikkhu' thaa| 'jayabhikkhu' gujarAtI sAhitya ke lokapriya lekhaka rahe haiN| Apane lagabhaga 250 pustakeM likhI haiN| Apake jIvana-nirmANa meM mAtA-pitA kA mahatvapUrNa yogadAna rahA / sAhitya-sarjana kI saphalatA meM Apake pitA kA viziSTa yogadAna rahA, to dUsarI ora vyaktitva-vikAsa meM ApakI mAtA kA amUlya yogadAna rahA / jayAbahana Adarza bhAratIya nArI thIM / mAtuzrI kI san 1930 ke asahayoga Andolana kI sahabhAgitA ko bhulAyA nahIM jA sktaa| ikalaute putra kumArapAla ne bAlyAvasthA meM gA~dhI jI ke viSaya meM aneka kavitAe~ mA~ se sunI evaM Apako hRdayaMgama ho giiN| Apane apane mukhya viSaya gujarAtI ke sAtha ahamadAbAda se san 1963 meM bI.e., san 1965 meM ema.e. kiyA aura gujarAtI ke adhyApaka bane / san 1983 meM gujarAta vizvavidyAlaya ke bhASA sAhitya bhavana meM gujarAtI vibhAga ke vyAkhyAtA ke rUpa meM niyukta hue / usase pUrva san 1980 meM padmabhUSaNa DaoN. dhIrUbhAI ThAkara ke mArgadarzana meM 'AnaMdaghana : eka adhyayana' viSaya para zodha-prabandha likhakara Apane gujarAta (3)
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________________ vizvavidyAlaya se pIeca.DI kI padavI prApta kii| Apane pIeca.DI. ke mahAnibandha dvArA AnaMdaghana ke vyaktitva aura kRtitva kA gahana adhyayana prastuta kiyaa| san 1988 meM Apa rIDara bane aura san 2000 meM prophesara / navambara 2001 meM Apa gujarAtI vibhAga ke adhyakSa bne| 2003 ke janavarI meM bhASA sAhitya bhavana ke adhyakSa aura gujarAta vizvavidyAlaya kI ArTsa phaikalTI ke DIna ke rUpa meM bhI sevAe~ diiN| gujarAta sarakAra dvArA prAyojita ahiMsA yUnivarsiTI ke ekTa evaM projekTa samiti ke ceyaramaina ke rUpa meM bhI Apane mUlyavAna sevAeM pradAna kI / isake sAtha-sAtha mAnyatA prApta yUnivarsiTI jaina vizva bhAratI iMsTITyUTa, lADanUM ke prophesara emeriTsa tathA gUjarAta vidyApITha ke eDajankaTa prophesara ke rUpa meM pratyakSa zikSaNa kArya ke sAtha Apa sakriya rUpa se jur3e rhe| mahAna cintaka, lekhaka aura sAhityakAra 'jayabhikkhu' ke putra kumArapAla desAI ne choTI umra se hI sAhitya- sarjana kA kArya prArambha kara diyA thA / gyAraha varSa kI Ayu meM Apane 'jhagamaga' nAmaka bAla sAmayika meM deza ke lie jIvana kA balidAna dene vAle eka krAntikArI kI kAlpanika kathA se lekhana kArya kA zrIgaNeza kiyaa| bacapana se hI ApameM tyAga evaM zaurya kI gAthAoM ke prati AkarSaNa thA kyoMki ApakA janma sthAna vIroM kI bhUmi saurASTra hai aura 'kurabAnI kI kathA' ke racayitA jhaveracaMda meghANI, sAgara-kathAoM ke sarjaka guNavaMtarAya AcArya, prasiddha kahAnIkAra dhUmaketu, padmazrI kavi dulA kAga jaise samartha sAhityakAroM kA sAnnidhya Apane zaizavakAla se prApta kara liyA thaa| pitA kI bhAti hI joza evaM svAbhimAna kumArapAla meM bhI saMkrAnta hue / ApakA prathama lekha pitAzrI ke prabhAva ke kAraNa na chape ataH Apane apanA prathama lekha ku. bA. desAI ke nAma se likhA aura vaha adbhuta saphala rhaa| kumArapAla desAI aneka viSayoM ke rasika evaM dhanI haiN| lekhana pravRtti ke sAtha-sAtha prArambha se hI Apa 'khela sAmayika' ke rUpa meM naI dizA (4)
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________________ prastuta kii| ApakI prathama pustaka 'vatana, tArA ratana' kaoNleja ke abhyAsakAla ke daurAna hI prakAzita huI thI / isI prakAra akhabAroM meM likhane kA zubhArambha to Apane kaoNleja kI yuvAvasthA se hI zurU kara diyA thA / san 1962 se Apane 'gujarAta samAcAra' meM sthAyI stambha evaM san 1965 se graMtha lekhana kA prArambha kiyA thaa| san 1965 meM ema.e. ke dvitIya varSa ke daurAna Apane lAlabahAdura zAstrI kA jIvana-caritra 'lAla gulAba' zIrSaka se likhakara bAla sAhitya jagata meM tahalakA macA diyA / lAla gulAba kI 60 hajAra pratiyoM kI bikrI huI aura samagra gujarAta meM ziSTavAcanaparIkSA ke lie yaha pustaka ke rUpa meM cayanita huI / gujarAta sarakAra kI ucca starIya bAla sAhitya kI spardhA meM isa pustaka ko prathama puraskAra prApta huaa| 11 janavarI, 1966 ke dina tatkAlIna pradhAnamaMtrI lAlabahAdura zAstrI kA Akasmika nidhana ho gayA / kumArapAla dvArA likhita zAstrI jI ke jIvana-darzana kA lagabhaga tIna sau pRSTha kA 'mahAmAnava zAstrI' nAmaka vistRta Alekha prakAzita huaa| 20 apraila, 1966 san meM ahamadAbAda ke eca. ke. kaoNleja haoNla meM gujarAta kI pratiSThita prakAzana saMsthA 'gurjara graMtharatna kAryAlaya' ne prasiddha sAhitya - sarjaka 'dhUmaketu' ke nidhana ke pazcAt unakA apUrNa upanyAsa 'dhruvadevI' tathA navodita lekhaka ke rUpa meM ApakI pustaka 'mahAmAnava zAstrI' kA bhavya prakAzana samAroha eka sAtha hI Ayojita kiyA / 'lAla gulAba' kI saphalatA ke pazcAt kumArapAla desAI ne bAla sAhitya sarjana meM sakriyatA dikhAI / svaracita pustakoM kI saMkhyA meM vRddhi karanA hI ApakA ekamAtra lakSya nahIM hai, balki pratyeka pustaka meM eka viziSTa dRSTikoNa rakhate hue Apa likhate haiM / bAdazAha akabara aura bIrabala kI caturAI ko sunane vAle gujarAta ko catura tathA vilakSaNa gujarAtI kA paricaya karAnA cAhie, isa dRSTikoNa se 'DAhyo Damaro' jaisI kahAvata (5)
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________________ ke pariprekSya meM dAmodara mehatA kI kathA tathA caturAI kI bAta kA Alekhana kiyaa| isI prakAra kaccha kI vIratA pradarzita karatI 'keDe kaTArI, khabhe DhAla' komI ekatA viSayaka 'birAdarI', choTe vyaktiyoM ke sAhasa ko pradarzita karatI 'haiyuM nA, hiMmata moTI', 'nAnI umara, moTuM kAma', 'jhabaka dIvaDI', 'motane hAthatAlI' jaisI aneka pustakeM Apane likhIM / caritra lekhana se prArambha karane vAle kumArapAla desAI ne 'vIra rAmamUrti', 'sI. ke. nAyaDU', 'bAlakonA buddhisAgara jI', 'bhagavAna RSabhadeva', 'phirAka gorakhapurI', 'bhagavAna mallInAtha', 'AtmajJAnI zramaNa kahAve', 'bhagavAna mahAvIra', 'aMgUThe amRta vase', 'zrI mahAvIra jIvana darzana', 'mAnavatAnI maheka' (premacaMda vrajapAla zAha kA jIvana-caritra), 'AphtonI AdhI vacce samRddhinuM zikhara' Adi aneka gujarAtI caritra-lekhana Apane likhe haiN| ina caritra lekhoM meM Apane mukhya rUpa se caritra-nAyakoM ke jIvana ke mahatvapUrNa prasaMgoM ko rasaprada lekhana zailI se pAtroM kI jIvanta chavi prastuta karane kA prayAsa kiyA hai| pariNAmasvarUpa ye caritra rasapUrNa evaM suvAcya bana ge| kumArapAla ne apane pitA jayabhikkhu kI jIvanI likhii| jisane gujarAtI sAhitya meM apanA eka viziSTa sthAna bnaayaa| isa jIvana caritra para AdhArita nATaka 'akSaradIpane ajavAle cAlyo ekalavIra' kA nirmANa huA hai| jisakI gujarAta evaM muMbaI meM prastuti huI aura nATya-samIkSakoM evaM sarjakoM dvArA isakI bhUri-bhUri prazaMsA kI gaI tathA yaha nATaka lokapriya bnaa| bAla-sAhitya ke kSetra meM viziSTa aura satvazIla arpaNa karane ke bAda Apane praur3ha sAhitya kSetra kI dizA meM bhI kalama calAI hai| vAstava meM bAla-sAhitya ke sAtha-sAtha ApakA praur3ha sAhitya-sarjana, vivecana, saMzodhana bhI khUba lokapriya rhaa| cAritrika sAhitya meM viziSTa sthAna prApta ho, aisI eka preraka pustaka 'apaMganA ojasa' ApakI viziSTa kRti hai| yaha eka viziSTa ghaTanA hai ki isa pustaka kA hindI aura aMgrejI meM anuvAda Apane svayaM kiyA hai| yaha pustaka brela lipi meM 'apAhija tana, aDiga mana' aura (6)
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________________ aMgrejI meM 'The Brave Heart' zIrSaka se anUdita huI aura prakAzita huI / isa pustaka kI bhUmikA gujarAta ke samartha pU. moTA tathA prasiddha krikeTara vijaya marcanTa ne likhii| ___ 'apAhija tana, aDiga mana' pustaka ilekTronika mIDiyA se baca nahIM sakI aura isakA dhvani mudraNa oNDiyo sI.DI. meM rUpAntaraNa atyanta lokapriya bnaa| vizeSa rUpa se prajJAcakSuoM ke lie yaha eka naI pahala ke rUpa meM sarAhI gii| suprasiddha upanyAsakAra kahAnI lekhaka jayabhikkhu' ke suputra kumArapAla desAI ne aneka kathA-saMgraha samAja ko samarpita kie haiN| ina kathA-saMgrahoM meM 'ekAnte kolAhala' graMtha kI lokapriyatA ko zabdoM kI sImA meM bA~dhA nahIM jA sktaa| racanAdharmI vyaktitva kI vizeSatA ApakI sRjanazIlatA hai| Apake hI zabdoM meM-"sampUrNa AkAza ko apanI A~khoM meM samA lene kI kSamatA rahI thii| mana meM eka hI bhAvanA samAhita thI ki usa AkAza kI gaharAI aura vistAra ko jAna sakU~...mApa skuuN|" . aise bahumukhI vyaktitva ke dhanI jinakA sAhitya se janmajAta sambandha rahA hai| vartamAna kAla meM jIvana ke pratyeka kSetra meM rAjanIti kA praveza ho cukA hai| samAja, sAhityakAra sabhI saMkucita dAyaroM meM ba~Ta gae haiM, aise samaya meM bhI kumArapAla ina sabase pare aura sabake hokara kamalavat raha sake, yaha Apake vyaktitva kI vizeSatA hai| prAyaH sabhI adhikatara vibhAgoM meM nirvirodha cayana honA ApakA ajAtazatru hone kA paricAyaka hai| ___kumArapAla desAI bhAratIya saMskRti, jainadarzana aura jaina sAhitya ke marmajJa haiN| prakRti-priya isa cintanazIla lekhaka ne cintana lekhoM ke aneka saMgraha samAja ko samarpita kiyA hai| 'jhAkala bhInAM motI' ke tIna aMza 'motInI khetI', 'mAnavatAnI maheka', 'tRSA ane tRpti', 'kSamApanA', 'zraddhAMjali', 'jIvana- amRta', 'duHkhanI pAnakharamAM vasaMtano eka Tahuko', (7)
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________________ 'jhAkaLa banyuM motI' Adi saMgrahoM meM nihita-saMgrahita lekha kumArapAla kI nibandhakAra kI pratibhA ko svataH spaSTa rUpa se ujAgara karate haiN| ina saMgrahoM meM se kucha saMgrahita lekha pravacana rUpa likhe gae haiN| jaina dharma, jainadarzana evaM jaina saMsthAoM meM DaoN. kumArapAla desAI ne viziSTa pratiSThA aura antarrASTrIya sammAna prApta kiyA hai| jaina dharma ke bAreM meM dainika patroM ke sthAyI stambha aura zatAdhika pustakoM dvArA Apane apanI maulika evaM sAtvika vicAradhArA prakaTa kI hai jo jana-jana kI hRdayasparzI banI hai| jaina dharma viSayaka ApakI pustakoM meM bhagavAna RSabhadeva, bhagavAna mallInAtha aura bhagavAna mahAvIra kA caritra-citraNa dekhA jA sakatA hai| sAtha hI kalikAlasarvajJa hemacaMdrAcArya kI sAhitya - sAdhanA evaM zrI mahAvIra jIvana-darzana jaise viziSTa graMtha bhI pAe jAte haiM / mahAyogI AnaMdaghana ke bAre meM ApakI tIna pustakeM prakAzita huI haiN| ApakI pustaka 'Stories from Jainism' yUropa kI skUloM meM dharmaviSayaka pAThyapustaka ke rUpa meM samAhita hai| gujarAtI ke samartha lekhaka kumArapAla desAI ne hindI aura aMgrejI bhASAoM meM bhI lekhana kArya kiyA hai| hindI meM Apane 'jinazAsana kI kIrtigAthA', 'AnaMdaghana', 'trailokya dIpaka rANakapura tIrtha' jaise vizeSa graMtha prastuta kie haiN| aMgrejI meM to Apane aneka pustakeM likhI haiM, jinameM 'Glory of Jainism', 'Stories from Jainism', 'Essence of Jainism', 'Non-violence :A way of life' (Bhagwan Mahavir), 'APinnacle of Spirituality', 'The Timeless Message of Bhagwan Mahavir', 'Vegetarianism' vizeSa haiN| ApakI hindI aura aMgrejI meM racita pustakeM vizeSata: jaina dharma evaM usase sambandhita viSayoM taka maryAdita nahIM haiM, kintu ina graMthoM meM Apane jaina dharma ke siddhAnta tathA jaina dharma ke vibhinna pahaluoM para bhI prakAza DAlA hai| vartamAna meM bhagavAna mahAvIra ke bAre meM ensAiklopIDiyA kahe jAne vAle graMtha 'tIrthaMkara mahAvIra' kI racanA kI hai| san 1984 ke briTena pravAsa ke bAda Apa prativarSa vyAkhyAna dene ke (8)
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________________ lie vizva ke aneka kSetroM meM videza pravAsa karate rahe haiN| amerikA, iMglaiNDa, keneDA, siMgApura, maleziyA, hAMgakAMga, beljiyama, iNDoneziyA jaise dezoM meM paryuSaNa ke nimitta Apane kaI vaktavya dekara zrotAoM ko maMtramugdha kiyA hai / san 1983 meM piTsabarga meM Ayojita 'jainA' ke adhivezana meM Jainism : Past, Present and Future' viSaya para ApakI prastuti Aja bhI zrotAoM kehRdayapaTala para aMkita hai| veTikana meM 'Pontificial Council for Inter Religious Dialogue' meM 'Historical and Cultural Impect ofAhimsa and Jainism' para vyAkhyAna tathA nyUyArka keyunAiTeDa nezansa kecepala meM AJourney ofAhimsa : fromBhagwanMahavir to Mahatma Gandhi' ke viSaya meM die jAne vAle pravacanoM ke uparAnta anya semInAra, parisaMvAda adbhuta prazaMsanIya rahe haiN| Apa san 1990 meM barkiMgahAma pailesa meM DyUka oNphaeDanabaro prinsa philipa ko 'jaina Deklerezana oNna necara' arpita karane gae jisameM vizva ke pA~ca khaNDoM ke jaina pratinidhi sammilita the| san 1993 meM zikAgo evaM san 1999 meM dakSiNa aphrIkA ke kaipaTAuna zahara meM Ayojita 'pArliyAmeMTa oNpha varlDa rilijiyasa' evaM san 1994 meM popa jaoNna pola (dvitIya) kI mulAkAta lene vAle pratinidhi maNDala meM Apane dharmadarzana ke bAre meM sakriyatApUrvaka carcA kii| iMsTITyUTa. oNpha jainolaoNjI' nAmaka vizvavyApI saMsthA ke Apa bhArata ke TrasTI haiN| gujarAta sarakAra dvArA bhagavAna mahAvIra ke 2600veM janmakalyANaka utsava ke mahAna avasara para ahiMsA yunivarsiTI kI sthApanA karane kA nizcaya kiyA gayA aura usake 'ekTa eNDa projekTa kameTI' ke ceyaramaina kI jimmedArI Apako sauMpI gaI / jaina dharma kA yaha vidvAna mAtra jainatva kI sImAoM meM nahIM rahA, use sabhI dharmoM evaM saMskRti se jo bhI uttama milA, usakA saralatA se svIkAra kiyaa| yahI kAraNa hai ki Apa sabhI dharmapremiyoM meM lokapriya hue| jaina dharma kI gahana jJAna sampadA evaM paribhASA ko kathA svarUpa meM (9)
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________________ samayAnukUla sahaja aura sarala bhASA meM prastuta kara jaina dharma ke siddhAntoM ko lokabhogya banAne meM Apa dvArA kie gae kathAprayoga ne na kevala jaina dharmiyoM meM apitu sAmAnya janasamUha meM bhI apratyAzita lokapriyatA prApta kI hai| vividha viSayoM para Apake dvArA prastuta kI gaI jaina dharma kI kathAe~ na kevala ahamadAbAda, dharamapura aura kaccha taka sImita rahIM balki landana (yU.ke.) aura laoNsa enjalsa taka pahu~cakara dazoM dizAoM meM eka nayA itihAsa racA hai| yugadivAkara rASTrasanta pU. gurudeva zrI namramuni mahArAja kI pAvana nizrA meM jaina dharma kA sarvaprathama vizvakoza sampanna hone jA rahA hai| ATha bhAgoM meM prakAzita hone vAle vizva ke jaina dharmapremiyoM ke lie abhUtapUrva dharmajJAna kI sampadA banane vAle isa vizvakoza ke sampAdana meM Apane zrI guNavaMtabhAI baravAliyA ke sAtha milakara jainadharmI aura samUce samAja kI atIta, vartamAna evaM bhaviSya kI pIr3hiyoM kA jJAnamArga prazasta kiyA hai| gujarAtI bhASA-sAhitya ke sAkSara evaM adhyApaka kumArapAla desAI ne pIeca.DI. ke saMzodhana hetu madhyakAla ke mArmika santakavi AnaMdaghana ke jIvana evaM kathana ke bAre meM gaharAI se adhyayana kara, AnaMdaghana ke pada evaM stavanoM kI hastalipiyoM kA saMzodhana kara unakA kavitva racA hai| Apane gujarAta ke vibhinna hastalikhita bhaNDAroM meM se 300 se adhika hastalipiyoM kA adhyayana kara unakA zAstrIya sampAdana kiyA hai| paM. becaradAsa dozI, DaoN. bhogIlAla sAMDesarA evaM paM. dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyA jaise prakhara vidvAnoM ne Apake saMzodhana kArya kI prazaMsA kI hai| madhyakAlIna sAhitya ke saMzodhana kSetra meM DaoN. kumArapAla desAI ne ullekhanIya yogadAna diyA hai| Apane saMzodhana dvArA 'apragaTa madhyakAlIna kRtio', 'jJAnavimalasUrikRta stabaka' aura merusuMdara upAdhyAya racita 'ajitazAMtistavanano bAlabodha' jaise vizeSa graMtha prakAzita kie haiN| 'gata saikAnI jaina dharmanI pravRttio', 'aba hama amara bhaye' evaM 'abolanI AtmavANI' ApakI gaveSaNAmUlaka (10)
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________________ pustakeM haiN| Apa aneka saMzodhana kAryoM se puraskRta hue haiN| rAjasthAna ke loka saMskRti zodha saMsthAna kI ora se AnaMdaghanaviSayaka utkRSTa saMzodhana ke lie Apako 'hanumAnaprasAda poddAra pAritoSaka' se alaMkRta kiyA gayA hai| gujarAta vizvavidyAlaya kI vinayana vidyAzAkhA meM san 1975 evaM san 1980 meM saMzodhana hetu utkRSTa kArya karane hetu DaoN. ke. jI. nAyaka suvarNacaMdraka Apako hI pradAna kiyA gayA hai| san 1985 meM punaH saMzodhana viSayaka utkRSTa kArya ke lie Apako yaha caMdraka prApta huaa| Apako gujarAta kI sarvaprathama sAhityika saMsthA gujarAta sAhitya sabhA kI ora se zrI 'dhanajI kAnajI gA~dhI suvarNacaMdraka' (2001) aura raNajitarAma suvarNacaMdraka (2015) se sammAnita kiyA gayA hai| 2004 meM rASTrapati e.pI.je. abdula kalAma ke varada hastoM se DaoN. kumArapAla desAI padmazrI sammAnita se sammAnita hue| __DaoN. kumArapAla desAI sarjaka hone ke sAtha-sAtha vivecaka bhI haiN| 'hemacaMdrAcAryanI sAhityasAdhanA', 'zabdanidhi', 'bhAvana-vibhAvana' Adi ApakI vivecanAtmaka pustakeM haiM / mukhyataH madhyakAlIna sAhitya ke adhyayanazIla kumArapAla arvAcIna sAhitya ke marmajJa bhI haiN| isakI pratIti arvAcIna kRtiviSayaka Apake vivecanAtmakalekha karavAte haiN| madhyakAla ke gine-cune adhyayanazIla sAhityakAroM meM ApakI gaNanA kI jA sakatI hai| kumArapAla dIrghadRSTA sampAdaka bhI haiM / Apane aneka sampAdana kArya bhI kie haiM jinameM se mahatvapUrNa haiM : 'jayabhikkhu smRtigraMtha', 'zabdazrI', 'kavi dulA kAga smRtigraMtha', 'hemastuti', 'jayabhikkhunI jaina dharmakathAo' bhAga 1-2, 'narmada : AjanA saMdarbhamAM', 'zrI mahAvIra jaina vidyAlaya zatAbdI graMtha' (bhAga 1-2), 'navalikA aMka', (gujarAta TAimsa), 'sAmayika sUtra' (artha ke sAtha), 'zaMkhezvara mahAtIrtha', 'yazobhAratI', 'dhanya che dharma tane', 'ojasa dIThAM AtmabalanAM', 'ratnatrayInAM ajavALAM' (AcArya vijayavallabhasUri ke pravacanoM kA sampAdana), 'Atmavallabha smaraNikA' (gujarAtI vibhAga- sampAdana), 'bAlasAhitya saMgoSThI', 'parivartana- prabhAta', (11)
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________________ (gujarAta TAimsa), 'ikavIsamI sadInuM vizva' (gujarAta TAimsa), ekavIsamI sadI, bAlasAhitya', 'adAvata vinAnI adAlata' (caM.cI. mahetA ke rUpakoM kA sampAdana), 'eka divasanI mahArANI' (Demona raniyana kI kahAniyoM kA caM.cI. mahetA dvArA kiyA gayA anuvaad)| Apa dvArA sampAdita pustakoM kA vyApa dekhA jAya to sahaja hI ApakA rasakSetra kitanA vizAla hai, isakA anumAna lagAyA jA sakatA hai| pratyeka sampAdana meM ApakI sUjha-bUjha, dUradRSTi evaM bArIkI dRSTavya hai| ___ kumArapAla desAI ne Aphrikana lekhaka oNsTina bukenyA kI kama lokapriyatA vAlI parantu sAhityika dRSTi se mUlyavAna nATyakRti kA anuvAda gujarAtI bhASA meM 'navavadhU' ke nAma se kiyA hai| prastAvanA meM likhe lekha dvArA Apane lekhaka aura usakI kRti kA sAhityika paricaya karavAte hue kRti kA rasAsvAdana karAyA hai| mUla sarjaka se sahavAsa kara Apane sAmprata Aphrikana nATaka kI pazcAdbhUmi ko bhI prastuta kiyA hai| ___ I. san 1969 meM pitAzrI jayabhikkhu kA nidhana huaa| usa samaya kumArapAla kI Ayu 27 varSa thii| parivAra kI Arthika sthiti sAmAnya thii| usa samaya jayabhikkhu gujarAta samAcAra meM 'IMTa ane imArata' sthAyI stambha likha rahe the| unhoMne isa sthAyI stambha kI zuruAta san 1958 se kI aura vaha atyanta lokapriya huii| akhabAra ke sampAdaka ne Apase bheMTa kara pitA dvArA likhe jA rahe sthAyI stambha ko likhate rahane kA vizeSa Agraha kiyaa| ApakI hicakicAhaTa sahaja thI, parantu sampAdaka ke vizeSa Agraha para niHsaMkoca apanI svIkRti de dii| prArambha ke cAra-pAca stambha binA nAma ke hI chpe| una lekhoM ko adbhuta pratisAda milaa| tatpazcAt hI Apane apanA nAma prakaTa kiyaa| taba se lekara Aja taka akhaNDa dIpa kI bhA~ti yaha stambha niyamita likha rahe haiN| pitA-putra dvArA ardha sadI se bhI adhika samaya (60 varSa) taka niyamita rUpa se koI sthAyI.stambha likhA gayA ho, aisA gujarAtI patrakAratva kSetra meM koI udAharaNa parilakSita nahIM (12)
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________________ hai / gujarAta samAcAra meM Apa ke dvArA uparyukta kaoNlama ke sAtha-sAtha 'AkAzanI oLakha', 'jhAkaLa banyuM motI', 'pArijAtano parisaMvAda' jaise aneka sthAyI stambha niyamita rUpa se likhe jA rahe haiN| gujarAta yUnivarsiTI ke patrakAratva vibhAga meM adhyApana dvArA Apa varSoM se apanI sevA pradAna kara rahe haiN| gujarAta kI aneka yUnivarsiTiyoM meM bhI Apa patrakAratva ke pAThyakrama ke sAtha jur3e hue haiN| 'akhabArI lekhana' ke bAre meM Apane 'sAhitya ane patrakAratva' pustaka kA sampAdana bhI kiyA hai| Apako patrakAratva ke kSetra meM bahumukhI pratibhA ke lie navacetana mAsika dvArA 'navacetana raupyacaMdraka', patrakAratva meM viziSTa pradAna ke lie 'zrI yajJeza ha. zukla pAritoSika', khela-jagata ke lie patrakAratva meM mahatvapUrNa yogadAna ke lie nAnubhAI suratI phAuNDezana dvArA 'saMskRti gaurava puraskAra', gujarAta dainika akhabAra saMgha dvArA patrakAratva meM satvazIla lekhana ke lie 'hariOM Azrama evaoNrDa' tathA ziSTa, sAtvika evaM mUlyalakSI lekhana ke lie zrImad rAjacaMdra AdhyAtmika sAdhanA kendra kI ora se 'saMskRti saMvardhana sammAna' pradAna kie gae haiN| I. san 1984 se prativarSa videzoM meM Ayojita vyAkhyAnoM kI lokapriyatA ko nakArA nahIM jA sakatA / isa kSetra meM ApakI pravRtti ke abhivAdana svarUpa iMglaiNDa kI 14 bhAratIya saMsthAoM ne milakara Apako 'hemacaMdrAcArya evaoNrDa' se sammAnita kiyA thA / taduparAnta Apake kailophorniyA ke jaina kendra dvArA 'gaurava puraskAra', 'jaina jyotirdhara evaoNrDa', 'gujarAta ratna evaoNrDa' tathA san 1980 meM jUniyara caimbara kI tarapha se 'Tena AuTasTaiDiMga yaMga parsanAliTI oNpha iMDiyA' puraskAra se sammAnita kiyA gayA hai| amerikA tathA keneDA ke sabhI kendroM ko samAhita karane vAle pheDarezana oNpha jaina esosiezana oNpha naoNrtha amerikA (jainA) dvArA amerikA ko chor3akara anya dezoM meM jaina sAhitya meM saMzodhana evaM darzana ke lie mahatvapUrNa kArya karane vAle vyaktiyoM ko diyA jAne vAlA 'presIDeMTa spezala evaoNrDa', (13)
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________________ keneDA ke ToraNTo meM san 1997 meM julAI mAsa meM Ayojita dvivArSika adhivezana meM kumArapAla ko pradAna kiyA gayA / mUlyaniSTha sAhitya-sarjana ke lie dillI kI ahiMsA iNTaranezanala saMsthA ne 'dIptimala AdIzvaralAla liTararI evaoNrDa' tathA divAlIbahana mohanalAla mehatA TrasTa ne viziSTa sammAna pradAna kie haiM / san 2001 meM bhagavAna mahAvIra kI san 2600 vIM janmakalyANaka samiti kI ora se jainadarzana aura jaina kalA-sAhitya prasAra ke lie uttama yogadAna dene vAle 26 vyaktiyoM ko pradhAnamaMtrI zrI aTala bihArI vAjapeyI ke hAthoM die jAne vAle 'jainaratna' evaoNrDa ke lie ApakA cayana huA / samagra jaina samAja kI 112 varSa purAnI akhila bhAratIya saMsthA bhArata jaina mahAmaNDala ne jaina samAja meM yazasvI pradAna karane vAle aura preraNAdAyI tathA patha-pradarzaka vyaktitva ke rUpa meM jainatva ko gauravAnvita karane vAle Apa jaise sammAnita pratibhA ko sarvotkRSTa alaMkaraNa pradAna kiyA gayA hai| caitanya kAzyapa phAuNDezana ke saujanya se AcArya mahAprajJa jI kI pAvana upasthiti meM bhArata jaina mahAmaNDala dvArA pradAna kie jAne vAle isa sarvaprathama evaoNrDa ke lie sAhitya, zikSaNa, patrakAratva, dharmadarzana aura samAja sevA ke bahuvidha kSetroM meM utkRSTa yogadAna dene vAle DaoN. kumArapAla desAI kA cayana kiyA gyaa| 23 mArca, 2003 ke dina bhavya samAroha ke antargata jaina samAja kA yaha sarvotkRSTa alaMkaraNa muMbaI meM pradAna kiyA gyaa| pichale 35 varSoM se jainadarzana ke prasAra kArya ko isa ArAdhaka ne pravacana, patrakAratva, sAhityasarjana aura dhArmika pravRttiyoM se sabhI kSetroM meM eka viziSTa pratibhA dvArA nayA prArUpa prastuta kiyA hai| khela kSetra meM bhI kumArapAla desAI kuzala samIkSaka rahe haiN| gujarAtI, hindI, aMgrejI evaM marAThI meM prakAzita 'bhAratIya krikeTa' evaM 'krikeTanA vizvavikramo' tathA 'krikeTa ramatAM zIkho' bhAga 1-2 kI lAkhoM pratiyA~ chapI evaM khela premiyoM ne khriidiiN| kaI sAloM taka 'ramatanuM medAna' aura (14)
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________________ 'plegrAuMDa' nAmaka sthAyI stambha likhate rahe haiN| ___ iMglaiNDa kI prasiddha 'krikeTara maigajina klaba' kI mAnad sadasyatA Apako prApta huI hai| ApakI pustaka 'dha krikeTara iMTaranezanala sAmayika dvArA Ayojita jyubilI liTararI evaoNrDa spardhA meM bhI sthAna prApta huaa| san 1992 se akhabAra, reDiyo evaM TelIvijana para ApakI pramANabhUta khela samIkSA ne kAphI lokapriyatA prApta kii| Apane vividha klaboM aura saMsthAoM meM khela-jagata ke bAre meM zatAdhika vaktavya die| ___ DaoN. kumArapAla desAI ke mArgadarzana meM 20 vidyArthiyoM ne pIeca.DI. kI padavI prApta kI hai, Apa sAhitya, patrakAratva aura jainadarzana meM pIeca.DI. ke mArgadarzaka ke rUpa meM mAnyatA prApta adhyApaka haiN| Apake mArgadarzana meM siMgApura kI 50 varSa kI paramparA kA nirvAha karane vAlI gujarAtI skUla meM gujarAtI bhASA rakhane ke prayatnoM meM sakriya sahayoga diyA hai evaM briTena kI gujarAtI sAhitya akAdamI aura amerikA kI gujarAtI liTararI ekeDamI kI ora se aneka vaktavya bhI hue| karmavIra kumArapAla sAhitya, saMskRti aura zikSaNa saMsthAoM ke sAtha sakriya rUpa se jur3e hue haiN| gujarAta sAhitya akAdamI ke upAdhyakSa tathA gujarAtI sAhitya pariSada meM pUrva maMtrI evaM adhyakSa raha cuke haiN| vartamAna meM saMsthA ke kAryavAhaka sadasya haiN| zrI yazovijaya jaina graMthamAlA meM maMtrI ke rUpa meM kAryarata kumArapAla desAI pichale tIsa varSoM se zrI jayabhikkhu sAhitya TrasTa kI anekavidha pravRttiyA~ kara rahe haiN| prA. anaMtarAya rAvala smAraka samiti evaM caMdravadana mahetA smAraka samiti ke Apa pramukha haiN| gujarAta kI asmitA kA mahApuruSArtha-svarUpa gujarAtI vizvakoza ke prArambha se hI ve gujarAta vizvakoza TrasTa ke TrasTI ke rUpa meM sevArata haiN| zrI mahAvIra mAnava kalyANa kendra, anukaMpA TrasTa, iMDiyana reDakraoNsa sosAyaTI (boTAda zAkhA), sulabha heltha eNDa hArTa keyara senTara Adi saMsthAoM dvArA Apa Apattigrasta pIr3ita vyaktiyoM ko sahAyatA bhI pahu~cAte (15)
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________________ haiN| sAhitya ke sAtha sevA-suzruSA meM bhI Apa kabhI pIche nahIM haTate / san 2001 ke 26 janavarI ke dina gujarAta meM Ae bhISaNa bhUkampa ke samaya Apane bhUkampa pIr3itoM ke lie Arthika sahAyatA nidhi videzoM se prApta kara adbhuta sevA kI thii| janmaghuTTI se hI sAhitya, saMskRti aura sevA kA saMskAra prApta karane vAle kumArapAla desAI ke kAryakSetra kA vyApa vizAla evaM vaividhyasabhara hai| kumArapAla lekhaka pitA, vAtsalyamayI mA~ aura premabhAva se yukta patnI kI nIMva kI IMTa para hI pratiSThA va sAhitya-sRjana kI 'imArata' kA nirmANa honA apane ApameM garimAmaya itihAsa hai| AcArya mahAprajJa ke dhyAna-yoga ke zatAdhika graMtha prakAzita karatI saMsthA anekAnta bhAratI prakAzana ke Apa mArgadarzaka haiN| adhyayana-adhyApana Adi anekavidha pravRttiyoM meM lIna rahane ke bAvajUda bhI kumArapAla naujavAnoM kI taraha utsAha se nita naI yojanAeM banAne tathA unako sAkAra karane ke lie sadaiva tatpara rahate haiN| Apase jaba pUchA gayA ki, "dina ke to caubIsa ghaNTe hI haiM, to usameM nIMda evaM ArAma ke kitane ghaNTe?" "nIMda to pUrI karanI hI cAhie, jAgaraNa karanA kabhI nahIM siikhaa| hA~...dina kI zuruAta ho jAya taba usake bAda nirantara kAma calatA rahatA hai|" ha~sate-ha~sate Apa kahA karate haiN| "punaH janma lenA par3e, taba Apa kyA bananA pasanda kareMge?" aise prazna ke uttara meM Apane kahA, "samAja ke lie upayogI aisA AdhyAtmika jIvana jI sakU~, vaisI mAnava deha phira mile aisI merI Izvara se prArthanA hai|" aneka evaoNrDa, candraka, puraskAra se sammAnita hone ke bAvajUda bhI kumArapAla desAI ko abhimAna aMza mAtra bhI nahIM hai| cehare para hamezA snehila smita evaM choTe se choTe vyakti ke sAtha bhI premapUrvaka USmApUrNa vyavahAra Apako viziSTa mAnava kI zreNI meM prastuta karatA hai| * * * (16)
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________________ AcArya tala lasI-mahAprajJa vicA vicAra maMca 'AcArya tulasI sammAna' AcArya zrI tulasI ne aNuvrata AdarzoM ke anurUpa jisa sarvAMgINa vikAsa ko prastuti dI usake zreyobhAgI ko sammAnita karanA hamArA punIta kartavya hai, tadanusAra prakhyAta sAhityakAra, lekhaka, patrakAra padmazrI kumArapAla desAI ko 'AcArya tulasI sammAna' mahAmahima rAjyapAla zrI o. pI. kohalI ke karakamaloM se pradAna kara hama svayaM ko gauravAnvita anubhava kara rahe haiM / lekhana va patrakAritA ke prati ApakI pratibaddhatA, nirbhIkatA, mUlya AdhArita ciMtanazIlatA aura mAnava mUlyoM ke prati ApakI AsthA kI hama antarmana se sarAhanA karate haiN| ApakA sammAna karake hama sakArAtmaka, nirbhIka patrakAritA evaM mAnavIya garimA kI pratiSThA ko dhyAna meM rakhakara kie gae lekhana ko rekhAMkita karanA cAhate haiN| dinAMka 4-2-2018 paM. dInadayAla upAdhyAya oNDiToriyama - ahamadAbAda (gujarAta) rAjakumAra pugaliyA - adhyakSa AcArya tulasI mahAprajJa vicAra maMca
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________________ tatkAlIna rASTrapati DaoN. e. pI. je. abdula kalAma ke varada hastoM se padmazrI sammAna prApta karate hue DaoN. kumArapAla desaaii|