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the Muni personally, but this single occasion was sufficient to place me in his debt for his kindness and to leave me humbly impressed with his wide learning. It is an honor and a distinct pleasure to join others in paying tribute to the Muni.
Dr. George Cardona, Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 19104, U. S. A.
VUI Muni Shri Punyavijayaji : An Institution It is a rare privilege, indeed, to pảy my humble tributes to Muni Sri Punyavijıyaji Maharaja who has completed seventyfive years of his significant and fruitful career. Muniji is more an institution than an individual; and his life, characterised by literary activities and religious picty, is quite exemplary.
The literary pursuits which he is carrying on mark a continuity of scholarship from his grand teacher, Pravartaka Sri Kantivijayaji and through his teacher, Muni Sri Chatura vijayaji. In fact, these three have a common and continued literary career which has been of great benefit for the publication and study of some important works in Prakrit and on Jainism. These three worthy monks form a composite personality as it were and remind me of Virasena-Jinasena Gunabhadra of yore.
Muni Punyavijayaji leads a pious and religious life of a Jaina monk. Naturally, this brings on him a number of restrictions; and the members of the lay community have a great claim on his time and energy. Still he finds time for continued research on Jainological works, many of which have seen the light of day through his efforts. His dedication to the cause of learning is unique, in these days. He has devoted major part of bis time to the preservation and up-keep of old Mss. in most of the Bhandaras practically all over Gujarat. But for his tireless efforts in this direction many old Mss. would have decayed and fallen into oblivion. Thus the students of Indian literature are specially indebted to him for all that he has done for some of the great Bhandaras of Gujarat.
There is a human and co-operative aspect in his great scholarship. It is thereby that he has won the hearts of many academicians, especially
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