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INTRODUCTION
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The Jain Mittra Mandal is the chief Jain Literary Society of India. Established on 30th March 1915, has to its credit
160 publications in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, etc. besides . its other multifarious activities. Thsee have been written
by eminent Jain and other scholars of India and outside. The society has also to its credit the unique distinction of introducing in India for the first time in 1925 on a grand public scale the birthday celebrations of Bhagwan Mahavira. For the last 40 years, the Mandal has successfully propagated Mahavir Jayanti Celebrations in India and Foreign lands. In Delhi, these celebrations, held under the auspices of the Mandal, have been addressed by the Rashtrapati, Up
Rashtrapati, Ambassdors of Foreign countries, Cabinet · Ministers of the Union, Governors and Chief Ministers
of States, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Speakers of Vidhan Sabhas, Heads of different religions and scholars of repute.
On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee year of the organisation we take immense pleasure in bringing out the second edition of this treatise on Jainism as our 160th publication. The present book is an attempt to explain the basic principles of Jainism by an eminent scholar of world fame, Dewan Bahudur A.B. Lathe. In this treatise he has striven to explain in brief but with great clarity the doctrines of Jainism and has very successfully attempted to dispel certain prevalent wrong notions about Jainism from the minds of general public.
We had been longing to publish this treatise for well over ten years but were handicapped in our task on account of the non-availability of the manuscript. Lala Panna Lal Jain, a veteran in such undertakings, obliged us by securing a copy of this book from the Veer Sewa Mandir
