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PREFACE
The Prakrit Text Society is happy to publish the present work entitled 'In Search of the Original Ardhamāgadhi', the English rendering of Prof. K.R.Chandra's Hindi work 'Prācīna Ardhamāgadhī Ki Khoja mem'. Thus we make available to the Englishspeaking scholars of Prakrit and Jaina Āgamas the valuable results of Prof. Chandra's researches. It is very interesting to follow his sincere scholarly efforts in reconstructing the original Ardhamāgadhi language.
We are indeed grateful to Prof. Paul Dundas for writing appreciative foreword to the present work. Again, our sincere thanks are due to Prof. N.M.Kansara for translating the original Hindi work into English.
It is really very sad that Prof. H. C.Bhayani, the soul of Prakrit Text Society and world-renowned erudite scholar of Prakrit, passed away on 11th November, 2000 and is no more to see this publication.
It is hoped that the present work will certainly be of great use to students and scholars of Prakrit.
D.M.Prakrit Text Society 12, Bhagatbaug Society Ahmedabad-380007
March 15, 2001
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