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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
જિનમત સમિક્ષા સંબંધી વિચાર, 20? To, HIS HONOUR SIR CHARLES MONTGOMERY
RIVA%, K. G. S 1. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE PANJAB
AND ITS DFPENDENTIES THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE JAINS
OF BHAVNAGAR. Most Respectfully Showeth
1. That a brok entitled "Jain Mata Shamiksha," has created and promoted strong feelings of hatred and animosity among the Jains throughout India and Your Honour's humble petitioners of this place in particular,
2. That extracts from the said book were read before a meeting of Shri Sangha of this place and it Wir unanimously resolved that the book is calculated to excite drep hatred against the propounders of Juinism, its saints, devotees each and all.
3. That the Jains always welcome fair criticism of the truth of the doctrines embodied and propounded in their sacred books, but the book in question purpurts to be written with deliberately malignant intention of disreputing Jainism and its sacred books and to censure Munis ( Jain ascetics ) for the things and practices which they never do and which they are nowhere enjoined to do.
4. That the Jains are a quiet and loyal subject of His Majesty the King and are known for their kind treatment and brotherly feeling towards all without any distinction of caste or creed; and that this
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