Unknown Pilgrims

SR No.: 007014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 820
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Author's Preface
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At Kodaikkanal: Dr.A.Pitchai, who taught me the rudiments of Tamil and helped me to understand certain passages of the Cilappatikaram, in 1979-1980.
Hospitality of Jaina families and dharmashalas and of friends and communities in almost the whole of India
I thank most warmly each and everyone of those who gave me hospitality
In the North: at the dharmashala of Hastinapur.
In Rajasthan: at Shridungargarh, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Landnun.
In Gujarat: at Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar.
In Maharastra: at Bombay, particularly at Ghatkopar where the Khetani family offered me a warm hospitality in 1971 at the time of my meeting with the Sådhvis of the Shramani Vidyapith, and again in 1976 on the occasion of a dikṣā being performed in the neighbourhood.
At Pune, Ahmednagar, Yeola.
In Karnataka: at Shravanabelgola where the late Shri M.H. Shah supplied me with all the historical details of the place, at Bangalore, in Kodagu.
The effective help of numerous Jainas
It is impossible to mention here by name all those who put me in touch with Sādhvis, gave me informations or found me books. Among them, however, certain ones made a direct contribution to this study and I would like to express my grateful thanks:
- At Calcutta: Shri S.Rampuriya, Shri B.Nahta.
- At Delhi: Shri D.Singh Jain, Dr. Vimal Prakash Jain when he was secretary of the Bharatiya Jnanpith.
- At Jaipur: Dr. N. Bhanavat.