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he left us in the meantime for his heavenly abode. We offer our gratitude and reverence to him.
The Editor of this book is Sri Ganesh Lalwani who is a poet, a painter, an author, an editor, a story-writer, a novelist and also a devotee. He has a quiet, calm and straight-forward disposition. At present he works with Jain Bhawan, Calcutta and also edits Jain Journal (English), Sramaņa (Bengali) and, Titthạyara (Hindi). He also helps actively research scholars. At our request he edited this work inspite of his other pre-occupations. We also express our hearty gratitude to him.
We are also indebted to Raştrasant Muni Sri Nagrajji D. Litt., a recognised scholar of Jaina and Buddhist literature for being kind enough to write the foreword of this book at our request.
. Vinay Sagar - ' D. R. Mehta Director Secretary
Parasmal BhansaliM
President Sri Jain Swetambar Nakoda Parsvanath Tirth, Mevanagar
Prakrit Bharati Academy, Jaipur
Prakrit Bharati Academy, Jaipur
