Vijay Dharmsuri Shlokanjali

Author(s): Nyayavijay
Publisher: Bhogilal Chunilal Kapadia
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/003638/1

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gurudevazrIvijayadharmasUrinirvANavarSapaJcaviMzatismRtirUpaH paJcaviMzatizlokAtmakaH vijayadharmasUrizlokAJjaliH racayitA muni nyAyavijayaH .

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zrIvijayadharmasUrizlokAJjaliH The Homage to the Memory of the Great Saint and Scholar Vijaya Dharma Sari Mani Nyayavijaya With His Gujarati and English translations. June, 1947

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prakAzaka zrI bhegIlAla cunIlAla kApaDIyA, traNa daravAjA, pATaNa Arthika sahAyakezeTha hIrAcaMdabhAI dharamazI, mAMDala (tA. viramagAma ) zrIyuta giradharalAla premacaMda, rAdhanapura zrIyuta jesaMgalAla jagajIvanadAsa, pATaNa : mudraka : zAha gulAbacaMda lallubhAI zrI mahedaya presa-bhAvanagara.

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mahAna jainAcArya gurudeva zrIvijayadharmasUrijI mahArAjanuM nivaNa-varSa Aje pacIzamuM vartamAna hoI e paramapUjya mahApuruSanA puNyasmaraNarUpa A aMjali arpita thAya che. ASADha, vi. saM. 2003 -lekhaka gurudevajanma-saMvatsara (IzavIya) 1868 rIlA-saMvatsara ( , ) 1887 zI" veza. ( ) 1903 sArA"vhAroha-saM. ( , ) 2108 nirvAisaM. ( , ) 2622 bhAdrapadazukla 14

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Vijaya Dharma Suri "A poor man's son, he grew to be at Great Teacher. He studied in no school, and received no university degrees; but he was so learned that on him the Hindu Panditas of Benares conferred the title of Acbarya. As a boy, he mixed with men of no character, he learnt to gamble; but this gambler became a saint! He lost much in gambling; one day, this Mulachanda ( that was his original name ) reflected on the vanity of the world; he repented; that day's gambling became for him a door for the coming in of God's grace. He wept bitter tears; he resolved to leave his town and go in search of a Guru; he found one; studied the Shastras; he became a scholar, a sage, a saint. His life's story sends to us a message of hope." -T. L. Vaswani, Karachi,

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zrIvijayadharmasUrizlokAJjaliH 'saurASTra'deze 'mahuvA''bhidhAne grAme phaladrUpa-sunIrabhUmau / zrIrAmacandraH kamalAvatI ca vaizyau yadIyau pitarAvabhUtAm // - jemanAM mAtA-pitAnAM nAma rAmacaMdabhAI ane kamalAbAI; vizAzrImALI vaNika jJAtinAM teo 'saurASTra' (hIyA)mA mAyaba 'mA' gAmanA, re gAmanI bhUmi phaLadrupa ane mIThA jaLavALI (sujalA bhane susA); | I bow to the great Acharya Vijayl Dharma Suri---- Whose parents Ramachanda and Kamala Devi by name, belonging to the Visa Shrimali Vaishya community, lived in their native village of Mahuva with land fertile and watery, in the country of Saurashtra (Kathiawar);

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yo 'mUlacandre'tyabhidhAmupeto vivadha zikSaLaDavRcI aTAdhyamAno'svahitAvadhAno bhUte "sA'DA ja sArA ! jemanuM mULa nAma "mUlacaMda '; pitAnuM hita samajavAmAM gAphela rahetA buDathala jevA je chokarAe bhaNavA tarapha-prAraMbhika zikSaNa levA tarapha dhyAna na ApyuM, ane bhamavA-ramavAo mazagula banI Akhara jugAra ane "saTTA" sudhI pahoMce; Whose original name was Mulachandix and who, dull and disregardful of his own future, being averse to school-life or study, stupidly gave himself up to playing and purposeless roaming, and in the long run became addicted to gambling and speculation;

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: 7 : durodare dyUtaparaH parechuyaH svIyavittavyapayApanena / vAra zArvAdhipateinopaalmbhnaadekpde prbuddhH|| dhRtaparAyaNa je chokarAe-jenA pitAnI Arthika sthiti sAdhAraNa hatI,-jugAramAM paisA hemyA, je upara bApane Akare Thapake sAMbhaLavAthI ekadama jenI kha" ughaDI ( jenuM hRdaya ekadama phaDaphaDATa karatuM jAgrasta thayuM ; Who, being fond of gambling, one day risked and lost a large amount of money in the evil pastime, whereupon who was severely reprimanded by his father whose pecuniary condition was not satisfactory, with the result that who suddenly heoame awakened;

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abhAd yadunmIlitalocanasya jagatprapaJco viSamo vicitraH / virajya yo mohamayAd vihArAzreyaHsamanveSaNa utsuko'bhUt / / jenI khulelI daSTine saMsAraprapaMca viSama ane vicitra bhA; mehamaya viharaNathI virakta thaI je kalyANanI zodha mATe utsuka banya; To whose awakened inner eye the transmigratory cycle ( phenomenal world or earthly life-saMsAra ) appeared ugly or strangely mysterious and troublesome, whereupon who being disgusted with the delusive mundane living, became anxious to find out his true welfare;

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(1) svagrAmato '+bhAvapuraM' sametya che "vRddhicandra' putra satta! AkarNya tajjJAnamayopadezaM sajo'bhavat pravrajitu. tadante / / je pitAnA gAmathI "bhAvanagara" gaye, mahAtmA vRddhicandrajI"nI pAse pahoMcyuM ane te sattano sabadhapUrNa upadeza sAMbhaLI, temanAM caraNomAM dIkSita thavA ("sarvavirati " dIkSA grahaNa karavA taiyAra thaye Who thereupon leaving his native village went to Bhavnagar, approached the saint Vriddhichandraji Mabaraja and after hearing his instructive sermons giving proper guidance, became ready to lay himself at the feet of the revered ascetic and to get himself initiated into the order of monks; che mAtarama |

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: 10 : asau mahAtmA pitRsammataM ye prAbrAjayad yogyatayA viditvA / ekonaviMzAndavayaHprapanna 'dharmA'dinAmnA 'vijayA''nvitena / mahAtmA vRddhicandrajIe jene megya samaja vaDIlanI sammatipUrvaka dIkSA ApI; ogaNeza varSanI ummaranA je yuvake cAritrane grahaNa karI navya nAma 'dhabhavizya' dhA295 yu; Who, being considered fit (for initiation ), was, at the age of nineteen, initiated into the order of monks with the consent of his father, by the high-souled monk, and who received the monastic name of Dharmavijaya; ".* ma dharmavijaya' iti nAmnA saha /

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: 11 : (7) cAritrayogo gurubhaktiniSThA suyogyavidyAdhyayanodyamazca / etattrayaM nizcalanizcayaM yaM pravardhamAnAbhyudayIcakAra // cAritranuM paripAlana, gurubhaktiniSThA ane vidyAdhyayanamAM sugya prayatnazIlapaNuM A traNanA yoge, AtmanizcayamAM nizcala evA je sAdhune aspRdaya vadhato cAle, Who, with unswerving resoluteness, went on achieving his progressive advancement with the aid of right conduct, steady devotion to the great Guru ( preceptor ) and proper diligence in the pursuit of learning;

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: 12 : apyalpamedhA dRDhanizcayena prakarSamArohati karmayogAt / ityetadarthasya nidarzanaM yaH svataH prakAzaM prakaTIcakAra / / jADI buddhine mANasa paNa daDha saMka9panA baLe prakhara puruSArtha sAdhI lokamAnya utkarSane prApta kare che e vAtanuM udAharaNa jemaNe potAnI jAtathI spaSTa rajU kyuM che; Who has, by his own example, clearly demonstrated that even a dull-witted person can achieve a high degree of advance. ment, if he is devoted to his duties with the force of firm determination;

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: 13: (9) gRhasthavargeSu suyogyavidvadutpAdanArthaM hRdaye yadIye / samutkaTo jAgarito'bhilASa: samAjamabhyunatimAninISau / samAjane unnata banAvavAnI bhAvanA sevatA jemanA hRdayamAM, sAmAnya janasamUhamAM (vaizya-vargamAM) suyogya vidvAne utpanna karavAnI utkaTa AkAMkSA jAgI; In whose mind bent upon leading the society to elevation, there arose an ardent desire to produce able learned men from among the house-holders (common people );

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: 14 : (10) vidyApracArAya sametya kAzImasthApayat saMskRta-pAThazAlAm / tataH samutpAdya vizAradAMzca tejasvino dezahitaM vyadhAd yaH / / jemaNe vidyApracAra mATe kAzI jaI tyAM saMsakRtapAThazAlA sthApana karI, e saMsthAmAMthI tejavI vidvAne pedA karI dezanuM bhaluM karyuM che; Who, having gone to Kashi (Benares) founded a Sanskrita-teaching institution for the spread of learning and benefitted the country by producing from the insti. tution great erudite scholars; olars:

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: 15 : ( 11 ) prakAzya yaH prAktana-tattvavidyAvidyotitagranthanidhiM mahAntam / adIdRzat sundara - bhAratIyasAhityalakSmIM suvizeSaRddhAm // jemaNe tattvajJAnanA mahAn prAcIna granthAne prakAzamAM ANI bhAratIya sundara sAhityalakSmIne vizeSa samRddha jAhera karI che; Who brought to light time-honoured old great works on various important subjects and thus proclaimed the superior richness of the good Arya ( Indian ) literature;

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: 16 : (12) pAzcAtyamedhAvigaNena sAdha vidhAya ptrvyvhaarmuccaiH| vyastArayat tatra bhuvi prabhUtAM ya AryavidyAmahimaprazastim / / jemaNe pAzcAtya vidvAno sAthe mahatvapUrNa patravyavahAra karI te dezamAM Arya tattvajJAnanA mahattvanI mahatI prazasti phelAvI che; Who kept up an excellent correspondence with western scholars and thus diffused in their countries the renown of the greatness and magnitude of the Arya culture and philosophy;

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: 17 : ( 13 ) baMgAMga kAzI magadhAdibhUmI - . maTannahiMsAmupadizya samyak / ahiMsadharme samatiSThipad yaH paraHzatAn krUra - palAdalokAn // jemaNe khaga, aMga, kAzI ane magadha vagere bhUpradezamAM bhramaNa karI, ahiMsAnA upadeza karI sekaDA krUra ane mAMsAhArI mANasAne ahiMsA-dhama pamADyo che; Who, while travelling in the countries of Kashi, Magadha, Anga and Banga, preached Ahinsa ( non-injury ) and caused. hundreds of cruel and flesh-eating men to follow the path of Ahinsa;

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: 18 : ( 14 ) sammilya yo bhAratadezirAjAnabodhayad bhUmidhavArhadharmam / yaH satkRto bhArata - vidvadagragaNyaizca tatsadguNarAzimugdhaiH // jemaNe bhAratanA dezI rAjAone maLI rAjadharmanA upadeza ApyA che; jemane bhAratanA agragaNya vidvAnAe temanA sadguNasamUha upara mugdha thai satkAryA che; Who met native Rajas in India and sermonized to them the duties of Rajas; who was adored by the foremost learned men of India, being attracted by his great virtues;

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: 18 : (15) medhAvividyArthiyugaM prahitya laMkApurI tasthitabauddhalokaiH / prAyasyadApAdayituM prazasyAM ya ekatAM sAMskRtikImudAram / / jemaNe pitAnA vidabhUta be vidyArthIone "laMkA " (silena) ekalI tyAMnA boddho sAthe sAMskRtika ekatA sAdhavA udAra prayatna sevyo che, Who having sent his two learned students to Lanka (Ceylon ), broad-heartodly tried to work out good cultural unity with the Bauddhas of the place;

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: 20 : (26) 'kumbhastha 'parvAhamahAsabhAyAM zrImAlavIyopanimantrito yH| kathA "anAvaramamApamAna saharSanAdairabhinandyate sma // prayAga (alAhAbAda)mAM kuMbhanA meLA vakhate bharAyelI "sanAtanadharmamahAsabhA nI mahAsabhAmAM bhAratabhUSaNa paM. zrI mAlavIyajInA AmatraNathI upasthita thaI jemaNe vyAkhyAna ApyuM hatuM ane te samaye sabhAnA harSanAdothI jemane abhinandavAmAM AvyA hatA Who, being invited by the late Pandita Malaviyaji, delivered a lecture in the grand meeting of 'Sanatana Dharma Mabasabba' assembled on the occasion of the KumbhaMela at Prayaga ( Allahabad ) and who was there highly greeted with acclamations ;

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21: ( 17 ) tho narmanI-thana-TAhi--mika -sNsdbhirlpetrgaurvenn / sadasyarUpeNa samIyate sma paurvAtya - pAzcAtya kazRMkhalI san // porvAtya ane pAzcAtya vacce sAMkaLa jevA jemane agALanI eziATika sAsAyaTie eseAsieTa membara tarIke ane jarmanInI AriyanTala seAsAyiTa tathA iTAlinI eziATika sAsAyaTie enarira membara tarIke suyeAgya sanmAnathI svIkAryAM hata; Who being regarded as a connective link between the East and the West, was honoured by his election as an Honorary Member of the German Oriental and Italian Asiatic Societies and an Associate Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal;

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22 : ( 8 ) AbU 'jinaukAMsyavizan sacarmopAnatpadAbhyAM paradezilokAH / amUmanaucityavatIM pravRtti yospAsayad gurvadhikArabhAjA // 6 jinAlayeAmAM dezI yAtrIe abU nA cAmaDAMnAM buTa sAthe praveza karatA hatA e anucita pravRttine jemaNe uppara adhikArI ( ejanTa Tu dhI gavarnara janarala, rAjaputAnA, kaeNAtrina ' sAheba ) dvArA dUra karAvI che; C Who managed through the intervention of the High authority ( E. G. Colvin, late A. G. G., Rajputana ) to put a stop to the unholy practice of the foreigners who insisted upon entering the Jaina temples on Mount Abu, with their leather boots on;

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: 23 : (22) "vANI grupAdhaSita-mAratIyavikhyaatvidvdvikstsbhaayaam / AvA nAnA kuLa na tharAdraravA saMmani TUra che. "kAzI" nA mahArAjA sAhebanA pramukhethI suzobhita bhAratIya vikhyAta vidvAnonI mahAsabhAmAM zAstradazI ane vikravRndAraka evA jemane "AcArya' padavInA gurusanmAnathI sanmAnita karavAmAM AvyA hatA; Who, being a ripe and learned scholar of world-wide reputation, was honoured with the distinguished title of Acharya ' (Shastravisharada Jainacharya ) being conferred upon him, by a large assembly of eminent Panditas of India, under the presidency of the Maharaja of Benares ;

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: ( 20 ) / yo vizvamaitrIM dizati sma loke prAsArayat sArvajanInadharmam / vidyApracAre yatate sma cograM zrIdharmasUriH praNipatyate saH / (viMzati- kulakam ) jemaNe janatAmAM vizvamaitrInA upadeza karyA che, sarjana-DitAvaha ( mAnava) dharmanA pracAra karyA che ane vidyAne phelAvA karavA pAchaLa jee khUba prayatna vAt rahyA che e zrI vijayadhama sUrijIne vandana hA ! Who advised people universal brotherhood, preached religion ( Dharma ) of humanity and strove considerably to spread education and learning; to that great ascetic Vijaya Dharma Suri, I pay my homage.

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(22) vidyAlayA zivapurI 'mupatiSThate yaH ' zatruJjaye 'gurukulaM paribhAsate yat / zrI' AgarA 'nagaravarti ca suprasiddha zrIjJAnamandiramamaH kRtystdiiyaaH|| zivapurI (vAlisa2 sTeTa )nI 'vIratatya. prakAzaka maMDala" saMsthA, "pAlitANA" nuM jaina gurukula ane "AgarA nuM jJAnamandira e emanI kRtio che. An educational institution at Shivapuri ( Gwalior ), a Jaina Gurukula at Palitana (Kathiawar) and Jnanamandira ( a grand public library ) at Agra, are the richest of his legacies.

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: 27 : ( 21 ) yasya jJAnamanantadarzisamayAmbhorA zimanthA calo yasya kSAntiranalpakopanajanakrodhAgnidhArAdharaH / yasya brahmatapomahaH prasRmaraM bhUpITha udyotanaM vizvAbhyarcitasaMyamo vijayate zrIdharmasUrIzvaraH // jemanuM jJAna zAstrasamudranu manthana karavAmAM manthA cala samu, jemanI kSamA ugra krodhInA krodhAnalane zamAvAmAM jaladhara samAna ane jemanu tejasvI brahmatapa bhUmi upara udyotarUpa, evA, vizvaprazasta saMyamavALA zrIvijayadhama sUri vijayate Victory to Shree Vijaya Dharma Suri whose knowledge was like the churningmount in churning the ocean of scriptures, whose forbearance was like a shower of rain for the fire-like anger of the intensely angry, whose extending lustre of austerity of Brahmacharya (celibacy) was a light on the earth and whose self-restraint far eulogized. was

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28 : ( 24 ) bhadraM projjvalanaprabhAvamahaso vizvopakAraiSiNo durdAntaprativAdivakrahRdaya prahlAdanazvetagoH / vairAgyAmRtavarSaNaprazamitaproddAma mohAciSaH sarvatrApi guNAdaravyasaninaH zrIdharmasUrerguroH ! // m bhadra hA ujjavala prabhAvaka tejavALA, leAkeApakAra rasika, hRma prativAdIenAM vakra hRdayane Ananda pamADavAmAM candrasamA ane vairAgyarUpa sudhAnI varSothI zamAvyA che. vikaTa mehAgni jemaNe evA tathA sarvatra guNAdara karavAnA vyasanI gurudeva zrI vijayadha sUrine ! W Be good to the preceptor Vijaya Dharma Suri who was possessed of high dignity and lofty spirit, who was greatly inclined to doing good to others, who was like the moon in pleasing the crooked minds of hard opponents, who was able to quell down the intense fire of ignorance or infatuation by pouring the nectar-like instruction of detachment and who was wont to appreciate the virtues of any person !

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: 28 : (25) dharmayogaprakAzAya karmayogavihAriNe / AtmayogaprasaktAya gurave'yaM kRto'JjaliH / / dharmagamAM prakAzatA, karmayogamAM viharatA ane AtmAgamAM ramatA evA zrI gurudeva vijayadharmasUrine mA bhArI mata!! This is my pure devout salutation with folded hauds to the great Guru shining with dharmayoga ( religious activities ), enjoying karmayoga ( works benefitting people ) and sporting in Atmayoga ( Spirituality ). racanAsamayAdinirdezaHzrIdharmasUrisaMsthAsaMvatsarapaJcaviMzatismaraNe / gUrjara-iMgliza-arthADhayaiH zlokaiH paJcaviMzatyA // 1 // gUrjara-vizruta-'paTTana' eSa kRto'JjaliramuSya ziSyeNa / tri-kha-kha-dvivikramAbde vaizAkhe nyAyavijayenaM // 2 // (yugmam )

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(soraThA) tajIne mATIbANa, kaMcana bhUpa zire caDe tenAM dIdha pramANa, dharmavijaya te dharatImAM. sajI satya talavAra, DhAla ahiMsAnI dharI; kIdhe jaya jayakAra, dharmavijaya teM dharatImAM. jhADI jharaNuM pahADa, vicarI vaLI verAnamAM, dIdhI tAtI trADa, dharmavijaya teM dharatImAM. meTA je mahirANa, teNe paNa zira nAmiyA; pherI vIranI ANu, dharmavijaya te dharatImAM. paherI pILo veSa, ketAM juddha saMcaya paNa ko dezavideza, dharmavijaya tAre baLe.

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Vijaya Dharma Suri " ......... he is one of the most impressive personalities I ever met with, in the whole world." -Sylvain Levi ( Paris ). " ........., man of a singular force of character... ... the true mediator between Jaina thought and the West." -F. W. Thomas ( London ). " Without his help I should not have been able to carry on my studies in Jainism successfully.' -Hermanu Jacobi (Germany ). priealbered on the hell Europeo-sl " ... ... a great scholar and a prominent priest of his community ......one who has rendered excellent service to Sanskrita scholarship by the help he has offered to his fellow-students in Europe." -M. Winternitz (Czecho-Slovakia ).

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: 32 : " ......... a man, for whom not only I, but so many German scholars had the greatest veneration, and whose writings and activities in the cause of Jainism they so highly appreciate. ......... As an indefatigable investiga. tor in the vast field of Jaina literature, he combined the scholarship of the Indian Acharya with the critical methods of the West." - Helmuth vou Glasenapp (Germany) " No other scholar has spread more light on Jaina literature and Jaina history than he." - Johannes Hertel ( Germany ). " ... ... ... a living link between the East and the West." -Sten Konow ( Norway ). "His distinguished services to the cause of Sanskrita literature will never be forgotten as long as Indian literature continues to be studied." -J. Jolly (Germany).

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" He was in fact a great citizen of the world, known and admired among the discerning of all countries." -Franklin Edgerton (U. S. A.). " His great reputation of liberal culture and large-mindedness had often urged me to visit him............" -Ravindra Nath Tagore. * This is a serious loss to the whole of India, and especially to me. He was an epoch-making scholar and saint............". -R. Shamashastry (Mysore ). He was well-known to most scholars in Europe and the Cambridge University Press has shown him the unique honour of publishing his biography". -S. K, Belvalkar (Poona ). "I think that not only Jainism has lost one of its most distinguished leaders, but that, with the death of Vijaya Dharma Suri, the world itself is deprived of one of its greatest nen". -Giuseppe Tucci (Italy ). For Private & Rersonal Use Only

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I never had the privilege of meeting him, but many people in this country will unite with me in deploring the loss of a ripe and learned scholar of world-wide reputation". --George Grierson (England ). "xxx in whom the Jaina Community has lost an inspiring personality, and India cone of her most meritorious sons. He was an outstanding exponent of Jainism essentially the oldest of the existing Indian faiths". - Daily London Times ). illness Serving JinShasan He was one of those who, though belonging still to this world, and suffering od from human from higher worlds to have a stay among "092608 y to give us an po of living, and to point out a scope beyond the range of wisdom of many others". O -Heinrich Zimmer (Germany ). instanc gyanmandir@kobatirth.org