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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
We have witnessed emergence of a new class of English reading people, who increasingly turn to English for drawing knowledge of their own national heritage, thus lending greater importance to translations of scriptural texts of acknowledged excellence as a source material.
We have the pleasure of putting into the hands of the readers, our Fourth Publication JÑĀNASARA' Thought Gems of knowledge, composed by an extraordinary Genius Śrī Mahopädyāya Yaśovijayajī, who flourished in the 17th Century. We undertook this work to present profound knowledge of universal appeal as a fount that fed the streams of Jain Scriptural knowledge. He boldly sought to ovecome sectarian differences and thus became a contributor in the process of synthesis of Philosophies that was initiated in the 7th Century, by Śrī Ācārya Haribhadra Sūri.
The quality of excellence that informs JÑANASĀRA' has rightly drawn attention of scholars. Translations available in different languages are found to be useful in appreciation of the literary quality of original and form an important source on interpretations of the text.
Dr. Amritlal Gopani belong to a band of a few select Scholars in oriental literature, who have mastered the art of translation of Sanskrit texts into English. We are indeed indebted to him for affording us this
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