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VII undertaken by the Jain Chair.
When we cast a glance on the list of publications given on the back-page of this book, we immediately come to know that almost equal importance is given to the academic work and the popular writings. The research-oriented publications are in English and the Jainological writings for a novice are purposefully written in Marathi and Hindi. The two post-doctoral research assistants of the Jain Chair, viz. Dr. Anita Bothara and Dr. Kaumudi Baldota had presented their research papers in Marathi and Hindi in various prestigious conferences. We are planning to publish the collection of the research-papers in Hindi, in the near future.
It is noteworthy that four of our publications are available on the website viz. “jainaedu@gmail.com” and we are getting world-wide encouraging response of the concerned viewers. The work of uploading the rest of the publications is persued by our experts.
The present book is dedicated to the thorough quest of Cāņakya in the whole Jaina literature. The seed of the subject was sown in my mind before nearly ten years ago, when I was engaged in preparing word-slips for the comprehensive dictionary of Prakrits. The seed of the subject germinated when we undertook the project under the auspices of the Jain Chair in 2011. Literally hundreds of references were gathered, scrutinized, debated, discussed and translated by our research team. Final plan of the book was made in August 2013. The finished product is presented in the form of
