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with which it is illustrated. Another publication called the litihasika Rasa Samgraha was inaugurated to bring out such Jain rasas, in the vernaculars of Gujarat and Rajputana as appear to possess some historical value.
A trilingual monthly magazine called Dharmabhywaya was also started in Agra for publishing articles in Hindi, Gujarati and English on literature, history, archæology, art and such other interesting and useful subjects.
As A FOUNDER OF INSTITUTIONS Vijaya Dharma Suri was gifted with the quick intuition of a genius which helped him to foresee the demands of coming generations. He was grieved to see the present down-fallen condition of his religion and community. He had to provide for the future requirements of his community and find means to redress the present deplorable condition. Many of his people were Jainas only in name; they did not know anything of Jainism. The Jaina Literature was left uncared for. It was decaying day by day. The non-Jainas had no interest in Jainism. Not only. that. Knowing little nor nothing of Jainism they misunderstood and misrepresented it. The task before Vijaya Dharma Suri was in no way a small one. He had to educate his community; he had to remove the prejudices and wrong notions of his Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
