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Many Praagams have already been published and many more are soon to be published. This arduous task has become easy and smooth due to the cooperation of many wise men. / The present edition of Prajnaapana has its own special feature. It contains the pure original text, meaning and commentary. The commentary is neither too long nor too short. / Ancient commentaries have also been used to clarify the subject. / Even though the subject is very serious, the commentator has made every effort to make it easy, simple and interesting. / It would not be an exaggeration to say that the commentary has filled the ocean in a pitcher. Prajnaapana is a vast treasury of Jain-Tattva-Gyan. It contains a collection of many important topics of Jain philosophy. It is the largest of the Upaangas. In the Angas, the place of Vyakhyaaprajnapti is the same as that of Prajnaapana in the Upaangas. Its editing work is not easy but difficult and more difficult, but it is a great joy that Shri Gyanamuni Ji, the son of the god of speech, has accomplished this great work. / Munishri's profound scholarship has been expressed everywhere. He has touched upon the profound, subtle and subtle subject with the subtlety and sharpness of his thinking. This has made the subject accessible not only to scholars but also to ordinary inquisitive people. He has edited and commented on Prajnaapana and presented a priceless gift to the treasury of Bharati. He deserves to be praised for this. Along with this, the labor of Pandit Shobhachandraji Bharill is also being expressed. / I wanted to write in great detail in the introduction of Prajnaapana, because there are many original topics in Prajnaapana on which it was necessary to think from a comparative perspective, but due to ill health, I could not write even though I wanted to. I started the introduction a long time ago and thought that it would be able to go into the first part, but due to not giving health, that thought was postponed. / The guidance of Sadguruvarya Upadhyay Shri Pushkaramuni Maharaj has also been very useful for me. I have not only hope but firm belief that this magnificent edition of Prajnaapana will prove to be very useful for enlightened readers. They will study it and increase their knowledge. / Like other Praagams, this Maagam will also captivate the minds of the people. Veveendramuni Shastri Jain Sthanak Madan Ganj-Kishangarh Vijayadashami 16 October 1983 [ 71 ]