Haim Saraswat Satra

Author(s): Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mumbai
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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શ્રી. હૈમ સારસ્વત સત્ર : અહેવાલ
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Linganushasana, and Deshinamamala, works on linguistics, Trishashthishalakapurushacarita, lifestories of 63 great men of Bharatavarsha and Yogashastra, a treatise on the practice of Yoga according to Jain tradition. Lengthy and variegated as were these tributes to that Saint of Sarasvati, his soul, which, seemed to have sent an inspiration to the descendant of Bhrigu who was the chief priest at that sumptuous sacrifice, did not seem to have been satiated thereby, for there was one lifeinission of his on which the streams of scholars speaking on two successive days had not laid proper emphasis and that was bound to be so, for, who else but the author of the "Torchbearers of Gujarat," the "Master of Gujarat," and Gujarat and its Literature, " could have conceived the idea of the said saint and savant of the latter half of the 11th century and the former of the 12th, having firmly implanted the seeds of the distinctive culture of Gujarat, which grew up into two generically identical yet nevertheless specifically distinguishable plants in the 15th century and became matured into fully expanded blossoming and fruit-bearing trees in the 17th? Yes! The Jain Sadhus traditionally knew Hemacandra as one of the great exponents of their sectarian philosophy, PETERSON and BUEHLER coming in the 19th century discovered in him the savant of all-India fame but it was left for MUNSHI to discover in him in the 20th century the spiritual grandfather of Gujarat. A sacrifice organized mainly to bring into bold relief this
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