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prompted us to launch this edition. The director of Prakrit Bharti completed the Hindi translation. On our request Shri Kalanath Shashtri, Bhasha Vibhag, Government of Rajasthan and Shri Dinesh Chandra Sharma jointly did the English translation in their scholarly style. Both these are established scholars of their subject and highly posted with Government of Rajasthan. We are grateful to both these scholars.
Dr. Sagarmal Jain, Director, Parshwanath Vidyashram Shodh Sansthan, Varanasi, deserves our gratitude for writing a detailed preface in Hindi titled, 'Rishibhashit; Ek Adhyayan' on our request. The learned author has discussed in details all facts of Rishibhashit in his peculiar style. Dr. Sagarmal is a renowned scholar of Jain canons and literature besides philosophy. His research work has been published in 1982 by Prakrit Bharti in two volumes under the title 'Jain, Bauddh Aur Gita Ke Achar Darshan Ka Tulanatmak Adhyayan'. He was awarded the 1987 Pradip Kumar Rampuria Memorial literary prize for this work. We are thankful to Shri Surendra Bothara for the English translation of this preface. His book AHIMSA: The Science of Peace has been published in English only this year by Prakrit Bharti.
We are pleased that the Government of Rajasthan has given valuable contribution in form of financial grant-in-aid for publication of this work. We are as such, grateful to officers of the Art and Culture Department of Govt. of Rajasthan.
Parasmal Bhansali
M. Vinay Sagar
D. R. Mehta
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