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Shri Munisuvrat Swami. Two of the articles discuss Jain Dharma in Tibet. A report on Tibetan studies done by Dr. Thomas Parmar at Dharamshala is given here. It also includes a glossary of Tibetan words. Photos about Nature's beauty-Panoramic views of landscapes around Kailash area are given here. Chapter eight contains articles on Bon-Po religion, its history and principles which were indigenous at that time before the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet. Dr. Prashant Dave's article compares Bon and Jain religion. Pictures of Religious places visited in Tibet and symbols used in Gompas and in daily life are given here. Chapter nine has a concluding article by Sajjan Jain and Dr. R. Shah. A proposal for further research is being presented here after discussion with various team members. Photos of people of Tibet we saw or met on the way to Kailash are given here. Chapter ten has a selected index with cross reference selected as per code F (Geology), H (History), K (Kailash), U (Research) and Z (Maps and Photos). Details about all the articles as it appeared in volume I to XX with chapter and page numbers are given. Photos of flora and fauna observed during the trip are given here. A timeline folded chart is given at the end of the chapter. Granth name is printed on upper corner on left side and chapter name on right side while article name is printed on lower corner of all the pages. Page numbers appear at the bottom. Original references of the articles as they appear in the volumes are given at the bottom on the first page of that article – readers can always refer to the original DVD. Regarding the language of this Granth Part- II, it is mainly in English. All the above material is presented in appx. 500 pages in this part two. Pages are printed on art paper with plenty of pictures and photos taken during the field trips by team members. The cover page has photo of Mt. Kailash and the back cover has the JCA building elevation. Inside cover page (Front Astar) we have Kailash with Ashtapad and in the back (Back Astar) satellite image of Kailash area. Bookmark has Kailash Mansarovar photo, JCA building elevation and Ashtapad Tirth as installed at NY. The Granth has a hard cover and it includes 2 DVDs, DVD one has all research related material compiled in XX volumes and Granth I and IIand power point presentations. Second DVD has six videos namely A) Ratna Mandir, B) Kailash Mansarovar, C) Granth I opening ceremony D) A special satellite imagery in 3-D video format, E) 18 Abhishek at Mumbai and F) Ashtapad Pratishtha at New York. Both these DVDs are placed in the pockets inside the hard back cover. We have collected many articles from various sources. We have tried to provide original references from where the articles were collected. This will give the authenticity to the article. Some articles are presented as a whole, while in some only an abstract of the article which relates to the topic has been given. We have tried to clarify this in the beginning of each article. Hope the reader and the writer will excuse us for this. We have tried to get permission from all the authors-publishers whose articles appear here. Some have confirmed and we are still awaiting some. We acknowledge with great honor and
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| SR No. | 009860 |
| Book Title | Ashtapad Maha Tirth 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Rajnikant Shah, Others |
| Publisher | USA Jain Center America NY |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Total Pages | 532 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 26 MB |