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respected teacher, Prof. Dr. B. C. Sen, Calcutta University, my revered uncle the late Dr. N. C. Bhadury, Jabalpur, the late Adhyapaka Śrī Nityananda Gosvami, Visva-Bharati, my dear friend, Sri Chittaranjan Dev, Visva-Bharati, Mrs. Panna Bagchi, the wife of my late revered teacher, Dr. P. C. Bagchi, ExVice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, my friend Dr. K. R. Chandra, Lecturer in Prakrit, Gujarat University, my sisters-- Bāņi and Bīņāpāņi and the latter's husband, the late Sri S. N. Sanyal, for their encouragement in the pursuit of my studies and researches at the University of Jabalpur.
I am very grateful to Sri Mohanlal Banthia, Calcutta, Prof. Dr. T. Pati, D. Sc, Jabalpur University and Prof. Dr. S. C. Ghosh, D. Sc., Jabalpur University, for their valuable suggestions and encouragement in my research work. I give my hearty thanks to Dr. R. M. Shah, Lecturer L. D. Institute and Sri Rupendra Kumar Pagariya, Research Assistant for their kind co-operation and assistance in my research studies in va rious ways.
I place on record my debt of gratefulness to the University Grants Commission, Government of India, for the award of a Senior Research Fellowship to me for the prosecution of my research studies in "Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy". The book would have not been published without the kind cooperation of Pujya Sadhvf Sri Mrgavatśrī jr Mahārāja, Śrī B.N. Jain, Secretary, Sohan Lal Jain Vidyaprasarak Samiti, and Dr. Sagarmal Jain, Director P. V. Research Institute, Varanasi, I also express to my gratefulness to them.
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