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FOREWORD
The L. D. Institute of Indology has great pleasure in publishing Dr. K. K. Dixit's work entitled 'Early Jainism'. The following pages embody the results of a deep and penetrating study of the early Jaina canonical texts (Āgamas). The author has analysed and evaluated historically the contents of these texts. His observations are dispassionate and critical. He has clarified Āgamic concepts and traced their development. His comparison of some Agamic terms and concepts with those found in Suttanipäta is revealing. So fir as our knowledge goes, perhaps this is the first attempt to evaluate critically the early Jaina canonical texts in historical perspective. We are thankful to Dr. K. K. Dixit for this invaluable study.
It is hoped that the publication of this important work be of immense value to the keen students of Religions.
L. D. Institute of Indology, Abmedabad-380009. 1st January, 1978.
Nagin J. Shah
Director
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