Agam 05 Ang 05 Study Of Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra

Author(s): Suzuko Ohira
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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as its Appendix II. Also some errors have been corrected and misleading expressions revised according to Prof. Bruhn's advice. I am afraid, however, that there remains a good amount of mistakes of one type or another.
Not many teachers could be that patient and broad-minded as Pt. D.D. Malvania to his impatient and self-asserting student. And it was simply a stroke of good luck that I could have a most peaceful time in India immersed in the study of Jainism under his fatherly care. It is too formal to express my sincere appreciation to my dear teacher in simple words, whom I troubled a lot not only in Ahmedabad but also after I came back to Japan and even up to the publication of this work which he kindly accepted. It should have been published much earlier as he wanted, but my final decision of its printing was made only after I came in contact with Prof. Bruhn. When I think of Pt. Malvania, I cannot but have a sense of guilt for not having been able to respond to his favour nor to do what I ought to have done as his disciple. Let me humbly dedicate this volume now to my dear teacher Pt. Malvania, asking his forgiveness for all.
I am unfathomably indebted to the works of Dr. K.K. Dixit, former Research Officer of the L.D. Institute of Indology, not only to the said article on the Bhagavati, but practically to all of his works and articles relevant to the studies on Jaina canonical literature. I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. J. Deleu of the National University at Gent, Belgium for his kindness in sparing me a copy of his Vyahapannatti, which was a great help in conducting this project.
My foremost obligations go to Prof. Dr. Klaus Bruhn of the Freie Universität Berlin, without whose insistence this work would have never been printed. And I feel highly honoured that this old work came to life with his foreword. The path of its publication was not at all smooth for various reasons, and in this matter particularly I had to impose upon him undue amount of sacrifice in time and energy under the illconditions of his health. Without his thoughtful advice and constant encouragement, I confess, I would have given up its publication in the course of time.
Likewise I am extremely thankful to Dr. Klaus Butzenberger of the Freie Universität Berlin, for kindly sparing his time in writing the foreword jointly with Prof. Klaus Bruhn
I world like to express my thanks to Miss Joan Morris, England, for revising my English language. I also wish to express my thanks to Mr. Rudy Smet, Belgium, for persuading her to take on this task, and for going through this work from the editorial point of view. I have been helped by Mr. Watanabe, to whom I am also thankful. Finally, I would like to acknowledge my obligations to the Prakrit Text Society, Varanasi, for kindly undertaking the publication of this work.