________________ H. C. Bhayani Nirgrantha contemporary relevance. The account presented here is obviously sketchy and open to the charges of having several gaps and loose ends. In view, however, of the complexity of the subject, the issues involved, and scantily preserved evidence, this was in part inevitable. Limitations of time and space, too, cannot be disregarded. (For the present purpose, I have omitted the bibliographical references. But the requisite preliminary information can be had from H. C. Bhayani, Apabhra nisa Language and Literature, B. L. Institute of Indology. Distributors, Motilal Banarsidass. Delhi 1989.) Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
