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vi : 441, qof 63, 314 2 / 3711-F 2012
About this edition I am writing this note as our respected editor, Prof. Sudarshan Lal Jain, Director (Academics) of Parshwanth Vidyapeeth, had to leave the institute due to indifferent health in April 2012. We are thankful to him to bring a new academic culture to this journal and hope he will soon be available to maintain and upgrade the quality of this journal. This journal also is late due to the ongoing ISSJS 2012 programs till July 12th where all our academic staff members were engaged in providing faculty support to more than 40 visiting scholars of Jainism from USA and other overseas universities. I extend my thanks to Profs. Ashok Kumar Singh and S. P. Pandey who agreed to be joint editors as well as Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh and Dr. Navin Kumar Srivastav; all of Parshwanath Vidyapeeth who made a sincere effort to put this issue together.
To enhance the contents of this journal, I request all our readers to share their experiences and offer suggestions for further improvement. I also invite our distinguished scholars all over the world to send their papers for consideration of the editorial board for publication in this journal. Similarly, I am requesting our distinguished professors and academicians to come forv!ord and propose themselves to work as Review experts of the articles which are to be published in this journal.
Wishing you an academically rewarding experience of going through the journal.
Shugan C. Jain
