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It has been more than a year since the accurate Ratnakaranḍa was printed and prepared; but the writing of its preface and the history of Swami Samantabhadra took more time than expected, and for this reason it has been delayed from being published so far. I hope that the well-wishers and readers of the Granthamala, when they read its detailed preface and the history of Swami Samantabhadra, will forget this fault due to delay, and they will also be very happy to read it.
The efforts made by the friendly Babu Jugalkishorji in writing the preface and history cannot be praised. Only history scholars and learned scholars will understand their value. In my opinion, among all the critical and investigative articles written about Jain literature in modern times, these two essays (preface and history) should be given the top position. The conductors of the Granthamala are very grateful to Babu Sahib for these essays. They are also proud to be able to publish these valuable essays along with this book.
The accurate Ratnakaranḍa was edited based on the following three handwritten copies:
a- The copy of the Terapanthi temple in Bombay, which was written recently.
b- The copy written by Pandit Vasudev Neminath Upadhyay of Baramati himself.
c- The copy obtained by Shriman Seth Hirachand Nemichandji Sholapur. Many thanks to the owners of the handwritten copies.
A learned scholar prepared the press copy of this book and a Nyayatiirtha Pandit corrected the proofs; yet it is sad that the book was printed very inaccurately - the Panditji did not care at all about his responsibility. I did not know that the Jinavani-Prakashan, which is considered to be a very reliable printing press, would print such a book so carelessly.