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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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શ્રી આત્માનંદ પ્રકાશ Rajasthan, Gujarat, Malva and Maharashtra he made it a point to visit the mss-collection if any and to make the proper arrangement for the protection of the mss. We can say that in India he was a unique scholar in the field of manuscriptology.
This trio collected for themselves many important valuable mss and printed books. This whole collection is presented to L D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad by Shri Punyavijayaji during his life-time and from this nucleus now the Institute has developed a vast library containing more than 35000 mss and 20000 printed books.
Muniji had prepared press-copies of many works. During his life-time he presented many out of them to the deserving scholars to edit them. He himself has edited many important texts Among them most important areVasudevahindi, Brhatkalpa-Bhasya, Hemacandra's Trisasti, Angavijja, Kalpasutra, Akhyanakamanikosa, etc.
For the last forty years he was engaged in preparing the critical edition of the Jaina canonical texts. Wherever he went and if he found the mss of the canonical text he will note down the variants in his printed text of the cannon. Mahavira Vidyalaya of Bombay undertook to publish all the canonical texts critically edited by Muniji. The Vidyalaya is able to publish three texts—Nandi, Anuyoga and Prajnapana. The rest will be published in due course.
He was able to publish the Catalogues of mss of Limdi, Cambay and of his own collection. Catalogue of Jesalmer is already printed and that of Patan is also printed (partly), but they are not published.
· The Jaina Sangha requested him many-a-times to accept the award of Acharya-ship, but he was satisfied with his own humble Muniship. On continuous request he accepted the title of Agamaprabhakara. Muniji was elected as president of Jaina section of Oriental Conference in Shrinagar in 1961 and was awarded the Honarary membership of the American Oriental Society 1970.
Jnananjali' is published in 1969 A. D. in his honour on the occasion of his completion of sixty years of his ascetic life. And from that we can find out how much he was respected by and how much indeted are the Indian and foreign scholars to him. May his soul rest in peace.
Vishveshvarananda Indological Journal,
Vol X, 1972, Hoshiarpur.
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