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The Government of Bihar established the Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa at Vaishali in 1955 with the object inter alia to promote advanced studies and research in Prakrit and Jainology and to Publish works of permanent value to scholars. This Institute is one of the six Research Institutes being run by the Government of Bihar. The other five are : (i) Mithila Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning at Darbhanga ; (ii) Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute for research in ancient, medieval and modern Indian History at Patna ; (iii) Bihar Rastrabhasa Parishad fo Research and advanced Studies in Hindi at Patna ; (iv Nava Nalanda Mahavihar for Research and Postgraduat Studies in Buddhist Learning and Pali at Nalandit, an (v) Institute of Post-graduate Studies and Research ih Arabic and Persian Learning at Patna.
As part of this programme of rehabilitating and reorientating ancient learning and scholarship this is the Research Volume No. 13 which is a study on Kuvalayamālākahā of Udyotanasūri by Dr. Prem Suman Jain. The Government of Bihar hope to continue to sponsor such projects and trust that this humble service to the world of scholarship and learning would bear fruit in the fulness of time.
