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and Shri P. C. Divanji. I am also indebted to M. M. Gopinath Kaviraja, Pt. Sukha Lal Sanghvi, Dr. Vasudeva Saran Agrawal, Pt. Kailasa Chandra Shastri, Principa!, Syādvāda Jain Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi, Dalsukh Malvania, Director, L. D. Vidyamandir, Ahmedabad, Dr. N. M. Tatia, Director, Prakrt Institute, Vaiśālī, Pt. Chain Sukha Das, Principal, Jaina Sanskrt College, Jaipur, Rev, J. Kasyapa, formerly Director, Pāli Institute, Nālandā. Dr. M. L. Maheta, Director, Parśva. nātha Jain Research Institute, Varanasi, Dr. Kalidas Bhattacharya, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan and others. I am very thankful to Pt. Darbari Lal Kothia Jaina, Professer of Jaina Philosophy, Banaras Hindu University, Pt. Udai Chandra Jain, Professor of Buddhist Philosophy, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Dr. Nemi Chandra Jaina, Secretary, Bhartiya Jaina Sansad, under whom I studied some very obstruse Jaina and Buddhist texts. To the authorities of the Central Library, Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi), Devakumar Jain Oriental Library (Arrah), Parśva Natha Jajna Research Institute (Varanasi), Visva-Bharati (Shantiniketan) and I. I. T., I am very thankful for kind help.
Last but not the least, I sincerely express my deep gratitude to my teachers Dr. Dhirendra Mohan Datta and Dr. Rajendra Prasad for the unfailing light and guidance received from them during my studies and in the actual preparation of the work.
15 March, 1974.
Ram Jee Singh
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