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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir ૫૮] શ્રી આત્માનંદ પ્રકાશ હજી ગયે જ વર્ષે અમેરિકાની એરિએન્ટલ સોસાયટીએ પિતાનું માનદ સભ્યપદ આપીને તેઓ પ્રત્યે પિતાની ઊંડી કૃતજ્ઞતા દર્શાવવાની સાથે તેઓની વિદ્વત્તાનું વિરલ એવું બહુમાન કર્યું હતું. તેઓની આટલી વિદ્વત્તા અને જ્ઞાને પાસનાની સાથોસાથ તેઓમાં નમ્રતા, નિરભિમાનવૃત્તિ, નિખાલસતા, પ્રસન્નતા અને બાળકસહજ સરળતા જોઈને તેઓની આગળ કેઈનું પણ માથું નમી જતું. તેઓએ જીવનભર સાધુતાની જે સહજ અને નિર્ચાજ ઉપાસના કરી હતી, તેનું જ આ પરિણામ લેખી શકાય. આવા એક પ્રજ્ઞા અને શીલસંપન્ન મહામુનિવરની મહાયાત્રા એ ભારતની નહિ પણ દુનિયાભરની સાધુતા અને વિદ્વત્તાના ક્ષેત્રમાં ન પૂરી શકાય તેવી ખોટ બની રહેશે.' “ગુજરાત સમાચાર' દૈનિક, અમદાવાદ તા. ૧૫--છા. Agama-Prabhakara Muni Shri Punyavijayaji Dr. Umakant P. Shah Agama-Prabhakara Muni Shri Punyavijayaji, the eminent Prakrit scholar and a versatile Jaina monk, expired on 14th June, 1971 about ten days after a successful operation in Bombay. All Oriental Scholars in India remember very well the wealth of Jaina manucripts that he brought to our notice in the exhibition (the only of its type so far organised in any Oriental Conference) that he organised and arranged at the time of the 17th session of the All-India Oriental Conference which met in 1953 at Ahmedabad. It showed that he was interested in all branches of Indian literature contributed not only by the Jainas, but by Hindus and Buddhists as well. It was due to the strong support and backing of the learned Muni that the Prakrit Text Society of India came into being under the patronage of the then Rashtrapati Babu Rajendra Prasad. It was with the nucleus of ten thousand rare manuscripts, including several important illustrated ones, donated by the Muni that the now famous Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology was started at Ahmedabad with large donations of Sheth Kasturbhai Lalbhai. The Muni inherited from his Guru's guru (Pravartaka Shri Kantivijaya) and even the letter's guru-the famous Acharya Vijayananda Suri (Atmaramaji Maharaja) the love of learning, and a broad liberal outlook which went beyond narrow sectarian boundaries. An erudite scholat of Sanskrit, Prakrits, Apabhramsa and Old Gujarati, the Muni has examined and catalogued and preserved lakhs of manuscripts in the various Jaina Bhandaras of Gujarat and Rajasthan, especially those For Private And Personal Use Only
SR No.531809
Book TitleAtmanand Prakash Pustak 071 Ank 03 04
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJain Atmanand Sabha Bhavnagar
PublisherJain Atmanand Sabha Bhavnagar
Publication Year1973
Total Pages249
LanguageGujarati, Hindi
ClassificationMagazine, India_Atmanand Prakash, & India
File Size94 MB
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