Jain Bibliography

Author(s): Chhotelal Jain
Publisher: Bharti Jain Parisad

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I have to point out here, the departure I have made from the lines of Guerinot. While he has issued a separatè volume for Jaina Epigraphy, I have included it under a separate section in this work. Almost all the references given in this book relate to the books written in English and other European languages.
I am conscious of the many drawbacks in my book for which I request to be pardoned, since this is only the result of a labour of love without any pretence to scholarship.
In this connection I have to place on record my gratitude and thankfulness to the late Babu Balailal Dutt, B.A., the Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, who helped me by providing me with the necessary books and in some cases by marking out the important references.
It was the intention of the authorities of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal to bring out this work as one of their own publications. But since they could not do so owing to war emergencies Mr. S. C. Seal, M.A., B.L., the Honorary General Secretary of the Indian Research Institute and of the Bharati Jaina Pariṣat has kindly come forward to publish it which otherwise would have remained unpublished till perhaps the end of the present Worldwar. Therefore, I thank him most sincerely for his kindness in bringing this work to the light of the day. I must also thank Mr. Asok Kumar Bhattacharjee, M.A., who, very kindly revised the press copy and helped me in going through the proofs.
Before I conclude, I must convey my respectful thanks to Dr. Kalidas Nag, M.A., D. Litt. (Paris), of the Calcutta University and General Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal for writing the learned foreward to this humble work of mine.
I should regard my labour amply rewarded if the scholars and students of research can derive some help from this book for studying the various branches of knowledge of Jainism.
Chhote Lal Jain,
Calcutta, 25th July, 1945. Sravana Krsna Pratipada, Vira Sambat, 2471.