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________________ University of Pennsylvania for the services kindly made available to me. It is my pleasure to single out for their help and hospitality Sri Kantilal D. Kora, the director of the Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya of Bombay, and the directors of the L. D. Institute of Indology of Ahmedabad, Pt. Dalsukh Malvania and Dr. Nagin J. Shah who turned my visits to their libraries into occasions more of agreeable sociality than of impersonal service. Nor can I overlook Dr. H.C. Bhayani for my appreciation of his interest in my researches. I note with sadness the great loss of my good friend and colleague, Dr. Umakant P. Shah, the eminient historian of Indian art, and, at the same time, I am cheered by the remembrance of the many happy hours we shared in cur work. It is meet, I feel, to echo, here, the observation of my teacher, Professor W. Norman Brown, who wrote in the preface to his book, The Story of Kalaka, "It is permissible to record here my appreciation not merely of the courtesy and scholarship of Jain monks and laymen but_also of their lofty ideals and noble lives. They are of the greatness that is India. There is a spirit of helpfulness, tolerance, and sacrifice coupled with their intelligence and religious devotion that marks them as one of the world's choice communities." Let my study be but a token of the measure of my admiration for the manifold contributions of Jains -- scholar, artist and sponsor, alike, - to the cultural heritage of their country. I close with my heartfelt thanks to the special few who were there for me when I almost was not. Ernest Bender, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
| SR No. | 269576 |
| Book Title | Preface On Shalibhadra Dhanna Charitra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ernest Bender |
| Publisher | Ernest Bender |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 3 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Article |
| File Size | 224 KB |