Books and Papers

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: Hindi Granth Ratnakar

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can only quote the famous lines of Bhartrhari:
para-guna-paramānūn parvatīkrtya loke/
nija-hỉdi vikasantaḥ santi santaḥ kiyantaḥ// Working as we have been in common fields of study, my friend, Prof. Dr. Hiralal Jain, now Director of the PrākritJaina Institute, Vaishali (Bihar), has been of great help to me. There is hardly a week when we do not exchange letters, and we meet often to discuss our literary plans. As General Editors of some Granthamālās, listed in Section V of this Bibliography, we have worked together in harmony: if we have differences in academic matters, we have agreed to differ; but that has never affected our friendship or our cooperation in the cause of studies so close to both our hearts.
The number of scholars and friends, both in India and outside, who have helped me in various ways in my researches, is pretty large; and I must mention with gratefulness the names of at least the following: Pt. Sukhalalaji, Ahmedabad; Shri K. P. Jain, Aliganj; Prof. K. G. Kundangar, Belgaum; Pt. Nathuram Premi, Bombay; Prof. H. D. Velankar, Bombay; Dr. S. K. Chatterji, Calcutta; Shri Chhotelal Jain, Calcutta; Pt. Jugalkishore Mukthar, Delhi; Prof. K. K. Handiqui, Gauhati; Dr. W. Schubring, Hamburg; Dr. L. Alsdorf, Hamburg; Muni Shri Jinavijayi, Jaipur; Dr. A. Master, London; Dr. V. Raghavan, Madras; Prof. D. L. Narasimhachar, Mysore; Dr. Vittori Pisani, Milano; the late Dr. F. W. Thomas, Oxford; Dr. L. Renou, Paris; Dr. R. N. Dandekar, Poona; Dr. P. K. Gode, Poona; Dr. S. M. Katre, Poona; the late Br. Shitalprasadaji, Surat; the late Pt. K. Samba Shiv Shastri, Trivandrum.
I record my sincere gratitude to the Principals of the Rajaram College, Kolhapur, during the last twenty-seven years: Dr. Balkrishna, Prof. B. H. Khardekar, Dr. A. G. Pawar, Prof. V. K. Gokak, Prof. D. P. Patravali and Prof. Arinando Menezes. Dr. Balkrishna is no more with us. Sapling that I was, he helped me take deep root in the field of research with a good library for Prākrit studies in the College. All the Principals have been so good and encouraging to me that the debt of gratitude which I owe to them can never be redeemed: I, however, concede to them, wherever they are, the right to demand from me a full