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merely in outlines it must be the result of a great amount of reading of the original Sūtras. For the benefit that he has thus voluntarily given us of his knowledge, I am greatly indebted to him.
I must express my feelings of gratefulness to Mr. P. N. Kachhi B. A. of M. S. High School, Indore, for the trouble he took in translating the Gujarati meanings into English, chiefly because, though he was paid for the same, his work was not mercenary. Moreover, almost the whole of the English portion of this volume has passed under his scrutinising eye. The Koşa has had the benefit of having Pandit Thakurdattaji as one of the most conscien tious and steadily working subordinate working under the supervision of the original compiler. The energy with which he conducted the work of carrying such a vast and varied mass of matter through the press is simply admirable and specially entitles him to my thanks.
Messrs. Naginadas Manakalal of Bombay, Bhavasar Gulabchand Kalyanchand of Surat. Maganlal Kuberdas of Kathor, Nyhalchandji Jaychandji of Dhoraji, Vakıl Jiraraj Vardhanian of Jetpur, Ghevaria Devidas Lakhamichand of Porbander, Seth Dhirajlal Trimbaklal of Linibdi, Seth Vanechand Deoji of Vaukaner, Seth Vikamchand Amritlal of Morvi and Gopalji Ladka of Thangarh deserve my appreciation and thanks for their kindness in looking after the comforts and conveniences of the compiler and his assistants.
Muni Rupchandraji, Muni Shivalalji and Mr. Kalidas Damji of Dhoraji Girl School deserve my thanks for their kind assistance to the compiler in different ways.
My best and grateful thanks are due to the Svetāmbara Sthānakavāsī Jaina Conference, whose ready help in money and encouragement, led to the accomplishment of this great work.
Last, but not the least, indebted and grateful am I to the learned gem, the expounder of Jainism, Swāmi Sri Ratnachandraji Mahārāja of Limbdi, owing to whose incessant, active labours and greatest pains in compiling and conducting the dictionary work as
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