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the intricacies till very late in the night and it took him nearly 15 years to complete the book, "Reality'.
During this period besides attending to the work of the College, he mustered all his energies to publish the book "Reality". He sent manuscript copies to well known Jain Philosphers viz., Prof. A. Chakravarthi, Dr. A.N. Upadhye, Dr. Hiralal Jain and Shri. S.C. Diwaker and several appreciations have come both from Indian and Foreign Philosophers which are published elsewhere in this book. While giving the Synopsis for the second edition Karmayogi His Holiness . Charukeerthy Swamiji of Sharavanabelgola Mutt has remarked "Prof. S.A. Jain being a profound scholar buth in Sanskrit and English could only do this tremendous and meritorious task”.
The need for the second edition has been felt as early as 1986 when Shri. B: Hemchand Jain in the book, "Dravya Sangraha" has remarked "Here I cannot forget to remember the great contribution of Late. Barrister C.R. Jain, Justice J.L. Jaini, Prof. S.A. Jain, Prof. A. Chakravarthy, Prof. A.N. Upadhyc, Saratchandra Ghosal etc., made towards enriching the English Jaina Literature. Their works too need to be republished".
Taking the lead from Shri. Hemchand Jain and to satisfy the mounting demand, "Jwaļamalini Trust" came forward in publishing the second edition of Prof. S.A. Jain's "REALITY".
D.S.K.
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