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corpus fund of Rs 3 corers in F.D. for running the present activities of the Institute and proposed Bahubali Prakrit University. Fifteen years old National Institute of Prakrit Studies and Research (NIPSAR) is working as Teaching and Research Centre under the Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapeeth registered Trust. This Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapeeth Trust has embodied all the rules and memorandum of aims and objectives of the University prescribe by the U.G.C. in its guidelines.
This Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapeeth institute situated at Dhavala Teertham, Shravanabelagola which is an ideal place for pursuing higher studies in all the subjects related to Prakrit language and literature, comparative study of Sanskrit, Pali, Apabhramsa, Kannada and other Indian languages, Comparative Philosophies, religions and Ethics, Art, Archeology and inscriptions, Manuscript-tology, Peace research, science of living and yoga and Meditation with simple living and high thinking in greenery environment near the holy place of Shravanabelagola.
C) Aims and Objectives :
Some of he objectives, for which the Institute Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapeeth is
established and registered, are :(i) To provide for instruction and training in such branches of learning as
it may deem with special dedication to the study of Prakrit and Jainological studies and to cultivate and practice high ideals of nonviolence, Truth, Anekant, Peaceful coexistence with non-attachment for the
welfare of humanity at universal level. (ii) To provide for research and for the advancement of and dissemination of
knowledge especially in Prakrit and Jainological studies. (iii)To undertake extra mural studies, extension programmes and filed
outreach activities to contribute to the development of society. (iv) To provide for Instruction, Training, Research, Extension and Experimentation through, Post Graduate, Master's (or equivalent) and Ph.D and
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