________________ ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR Prof. A. S. Gopani M. A., Ph.D., was born at BOTAD in Saurashtra on 12th October, 1907, in the famous Jain family. He graduate in 1929, became M. A. in 1934 and took his doctorate in 1947, with special subjects of Prakrit, Jain Philosophy and Jain literature. Having served at various places for about ten years, he finally joined the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1939 as a professor and from that time till today he has published about thirty-six books comprising critical editions, research works, translations and some original books also. He is also credited with having written two hundred fifty articles. the same number of short stories and about one hundred fifty criticai reviews in Gujarati and English. Moreover, he was the Editor of a fortnightly in Gujarati, called Ratna Jyot" for about eighteen years. As a mark of appreciation and recognition of his outstanding performance as a distinguished scholar, the University Grants Commission honoured him with an Award. He retired in 1970. He is at present seventy seven. Though formally retired, he is practically not retired as he is Gent upon completing the literary project submitted by him to the University Grants Commission. We wish him a long and purposeful life.
