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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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મુનિ શ્રી પુણ્યવિજયજી શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ-વિશેષાંક
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His researches in Jain canonical texts and the ancillary literature composed in Apabhramsa and Old Gujarati, as well as in the classical languages, Prakrit and Sanskrit, demonstrated their value, attracting and encouraging interest in them as works hitherto unexplored. Moreover, the critical editions of texts prepared by him set models for those subsequently undertaking editorial projects.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Too much cannot be said of his scholarly activities. He organized and reorganized the contents of Jain Bhandars in Gujarat and Rajasthan. In the process of cataloguing their collections, he rescued a number of rare texts, many of them of inestimable value to students of Indian art for the quality of their illustrations. His appreciation of the merit of such illustrated manuscripts and recognition of the need for their preservation and exploration encouraged their study and made possible important contributions to the knowledge of Indian miniature painting. His own collection of thousands of manuscripts, for the maintenance and preservation of which he trained assistants and which he donated to the L.D. Institute of Indology of Ahmedabad, forms the foundation of its admirable collection.
As a scholar the Muniji, never confined by sectarian bias, was everready to share with scholar and layman, alike, the riches of his learning and experience. His influence on Indian literature and art will long be felt and his memory preserved with reverence and affection.
मुनि श्री पुण्यविजयजी महाराजका देहावसान प्रो. पृथ्वीराज जैन
भारतीय भाषाओं एवं जैन धर्मके प्रकाण्ड विद्वान् परमपूज्य आगमप्रभाकर मुनि श्री पुण्यविजयजी का ता. १४ जून ७१ को वालकेश्वर जैनमंदिर बम्बई में देहावसानका समाचार प्राप्त होते ही सारे देश में शोक की लहर दौड़ गई । आपश्री आचार्य विजयवल्लभ सूरीश्वरजी महाराजके आज्ञानुवर्तियों में से थे तथा जीवन पर्यन्त जैन आगम साहित्यके संशोधन एवं सम्पादनमें लगे रहे । आपने जो अपूर्व साहित्य - साधना की उसका उदाहरण पिछले तीन-चार सौ वर्षमें भी नहीं मिलेगा। काफी दिनों तक संग्रहणीसे पीडित भी रहे, फिर भी आगम-संशोधन-सम्पादनका कार्य आप अविराम करते रहे । आपकी साहित्यिक सेवाओंसे प्रभावित होकर १९५३ में जैनसंघ बडौदाने आपको 'आगमप्रभाकर' की उपाधि से विभूषित किया । आप स्वभावसे नम्र मृदुभाषी और मिलनसार थे। ऐसे उच्च कोटिके विद्वान् एवं जैनशासनकी प्रभावना करने वाले आपश्रीजी के निधनका समाचार पाते ही
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