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INTRODUCTION
Muni for his occasional suggestions. He has put me under great obligation by reading and approving this introduction.
Pt. Shri Dalsukhbhai Malvania, ex-Director (now Adviser) of the L. D. Institute of Indology has helped me in many ways. He is a great scholar who has edited many old texts. He made many valuable suggestions pertaining to the editing work. I discussed with him various readings. His profound knowledge of the Jaina Agamas has solved many of my difficulties. He went through this introduction and made useful suggestions. He made available to me many mss. and microfilms which were necessary for the editing work. For all this help I am extremely grateful to him.
I discussed many readings with Dr. H. C. Bhayani, an eminent scholar of Prakrit. Thus he helped me in selecting correct readings. Again, he went through all the three appendices pertaining to wordindex and made valuable suggestions. I express my sincere thanks to him.
My thanks are also due to Shri Ratilal Dipchand Desai for reading carefully and approving this introduction with one valuable suggestion. It is he who brought to the notice of many the indispensability of the Jaina Āgama Prakāśana Granthamālă conducted by Shri Mahavir Jaina Vidyalaya.
grateful to Shri Javantilal R. Shah, Shri Balchand G. Doshi and Shri Ratilal C. Kothari, the Honorary Secretaries of Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, as also to the members of the Jaina Āgama Prakāśana Samiti for giving me an opportunity to edit this work.
Shri Kantilal Dahyabhai Kora, Registrar of Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, has taken keen personal interest in the publication work. He has been very careful to see that the printing work moves on smoothly and without delay. His devotion and dedication deserve appreciation.
I am grateful to Dr. Nagin J. Shah, Director of L. D. Institute of Indology, who has been kind enough to prepare 'Introduction'English translation of 'Prastāvanā'.
I cannot forget Pt. Shri Harishankar Ambaram Pandya who prepared the copy of the text of the Uttaradhyayanasūtra and noted variants from two mss. My thanks are also due to Pt. Nagindas Kevalshi Shah who at times corrected proofs.
In the last, the Late Shri V. P. Bhagwat and Shri Prabhakarbhai Bhagwat, the former and the present managers of the famous Mouj Printing Bureau, deserve our heart-felt thanks for providing us with the various facilities regarding the printing of this volume. L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad-380 009
AMRATLAL MOHANLAL 21-4-1977
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