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On the other hand our Jain friends might come to obtain an idea of what much has been accomplished by Western scholars-including many Germans-during a period of about one hundred and fifty years, burning the midnight-oil with a view to make the world acquainted with one of the finest products of the Indian mind.
It may be hoped that the results will be, in general, applauded by Jain circles and that errors and shortcomings, inevitable as they are in such vast a field, will be kindly excused.
मै अल्पज्ञ बहुत दोषी हूँ । यह ग्रन्थ है महान || मिथ्यालाप दुष्कृत्य करूँ । सुधार जो विद्वान ॥
( अमोल ऋषि)
