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JASAHARACARIU
It was he, as Rai Bahadur Hiralal had already said in his introduction to the Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in C. P. and Berar, who first inspected the Káranja Jaina Bhandars and made their precious treasures known to the world. Professor Jain helped me in other ways also. He procured for my use a valuable MS. from Pandit Jugal Kishore Mukhtar of Samantabhadraśrama, Delhi, and sent me from time to time any piece of information that he might have come across. His articles on the Apabhramsa literature in the Allahabad University Journal, Vol. I and on Puşpadanta in the Jaina Sahitya Samsodhaka, Vol. II. iii. and others, have been of great use to me.
To Pandit Nathūrām Premi and to Professor H. D. Velankar of the Wilson College, Bombay, I convey my thanks for respectively procuring for my use the MSS from the Bhandars at the Terapanthi Jaina Mandir and the Ailak Pannalal Sarasvati Bhuvan in Bombay.
Nor should I forget to mention the deep obligations on me of my friend Mr. G. K. Gokhale, Secretary, Shri Ganesh Printing works, Poona, who, as Printer, did his best to produce the work with utmost care and promptitude, and never minded the troubles and inconveniences of the rather exacting editor. His staff, I am glad to note, cheerfully co-operated with him and with me in looking even to the minute details of printer's technicalities.
Fergusson College, Poona
January 1931
P. L. VAIDYA
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