Hetubindu Tika

Author(s): Dharmakirti Mahaswami, Archatt Bhatt, Durvek Mishra Pandit, Sukhlal Sanghavi, Jinvijay, B Bhattacharya
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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the well-versed Muni Sri Punyavijayaji, the grand-disciple of Pravartaka Kantivijayaji, it could have been hardly possible for me to proceed further with the work. He prepared for us an easily legible transcript in modern Devanagari script from the old and almost illegible manuscript, which was at the same time so fine that it has been preserved as a specimen of the modern art of writing in the S'rimad-Rayacandrajñana-sangraha. We could easily prepare the press copy from this transcript. The assistance of Sri Purusottama Tarkas has been uncommonly fruitful. He studied Tibetan and compared Arcata's commentary with the Tibetan Version and thus helped us in a number of ways. In the absence of this help we could not have prepared the present edition in this form, on the basis of the single old palmleaf Sanskrit MS, which is mutilated and was also in disorder. The sympathetic attitude of the authorities of the Gujrat Vidyapitha has also proved very helpful. They lent us, whenever we required it, the new transcript prepared by Muni Sri Punyavijayaji and preserved in the Srimad Rayacandra-jñāna-sangraha. In the absence of the unusual liberality and the extraordinary enterprise of Sri Rahulaji we could have never procured the mutilated MS. of the Nepalese Bhandara and the reprints of the photo MS, compiled in Bihar and Orissa Research Society. And in that case we cannot say when this work of Durveka would have reached the reader. Pt. Mahendrakumara 'Abhaya', a student of mine, gave me much precious help by his concentrated labour in deciphering the photo MS. and such other works.
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Without the uncommon patience and labour of my most beloved pupil and friend Pt. Dalsukh Malvaniya, Jainadarsanadhyapaka, Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, this edition could not have taken the present shape in spite of all the other materials. The whole work beginning from the reading of the original palm-leaf MS. upto the desciphering of the photo MS. of Durveka's sub-commentary, the preparation of new copies where necessary, and all the minute works of editing, such as the correction of proofs from beginning to end were done by him. In one way the whole credit of this edition goes to him. I could never have finished this ever receding work on account of my ocular disability and other shortcomings without the help of Sri Malvaniya. And, perhaps, I would not have undertaken the work of editing the Hetubindu without the assurance of his help. Whatever important work-as the Appendixes, the tracing of the sources of the quotations, the headings, the division of the subject matter and the corrections-has been done in this edition is all due to the extraordinary devotion to learning of Sri Malvaniyā. We had the opportunity of editing the work because Dr. B. Bhattacharya, the General Editor, G O. S., selected us for the purpose and entrusted us with the work. We record our hearty thanks to all these scholars and friends.
Sri. B. J. Research Institute Gujarata Vidya Sabha Ahmedabad 28-10-1948.
SUKHALAL SANGHAVI.