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PREFACE
. I have great pleasure in publishing Atonements in the Ancient Ritual of the Jaina Monks' by Prof. Dr. Colette Caillat. This was first published in French by The Institute of Indian Civilisation, Paris.
We are grateful to the Institute for allowing us to publish the English translation of the same. In this translation Dr. Caillat has added here and there some new information. We are thankful to Dr. Caillat for getting the book translated under her own supervision and also to the translators Mr. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Mc. Kenna, and Mr. Whitehouse.
The subject of atonements is for the first time exhaustively dealt with in modern times by Dr. Caillat and she is very faithful in interpreting the subject. Her critical insight is evidenced in the way she has utilized the uncritical edition of the Vyavahārabhāsya. Theory and practice of atonements in the Jaina church have a long history. And this book throws much useful light on the subject. Problem of atonements is universal and concerns all religions. Dr. Caillat has ably compared the theory and practice of the Jaina atonements with those of the Hindu, Buddhist and others.
We thank Dr. Caillat for allowing us to publish this book in our L. D. Series. It is hoped that the publication of this important work will be of immense value to the keen students of the subject.
L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad-380009. 15 May 1975
Dalsukh -Malvania
Director
