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REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
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The first Academic Session started at 12 noon in the Sivananda Hall of the Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture and continued till the 5 o'clock in the evening of 4th April 2001. The entire academic programme was divided into nine sessions including one for plenary session. There were twenty papers and each was given sufficient time to read his paper which was followed by lively and fruitful discussions, For the benefit of the scholars the programme of the academic session are being printed here for the sake of reference along with the names of participants. There were four foreign scholars from Japan who attended the seminar. The audience also took part in the seminar actively to keep the Seminar lively and interesting.
On the occasion of the International Seminar on Lord Mahāvīra and the 21st Century several publications were made in English, Bengali and Hindi besides the special number of the Jain Journal. The Vol. 35 No. 4 April 2001 of the Jain Journal was regarded as a special number on Lord Mahāvīra and Jain literature. Another book entitled Jainism in Different States in India was also released on the occassion. There were two books in Bengali, entitled Mahavir Kathamrita by Professor Dr. Satya Ranjan Banerjee and the Bengali translation of the Dasavaikālika Sutra by Dr. Jagat Ram Bhattacharyya. Besides these, there was a special number of Bengali Journal Áramana along with the above. Smt. Lata Bothra wrote three books-Sanskriti Ka Adi Shrota, Bhagavan Mahavira and Prajatantra, and Vardhman Kaise Bane Mahāvīra. All the publications were presented to all the delegates of the seminar beside others who attended the seminar. Those who could not unfortunately attend the seminar, the organising committee, on request, was happy enough to comply with their requests by sending the English and Hindi publications to them.
The International Seminar was a grand success and the authority concerned was very happy to see its conclusion in a befiting manner. The committee was greatly indebted to the Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture and to Swami Sri Prabhanandaji Maharaj and Swami Sri Sarvalokanandaji Maharaj for their kind and benign help for allowing us to hold the function in their premises.
MAHĀVĪR MANĪŞ ZIND ABAD "Let the intellect (i.e. sermons) of Mahāvira live long"
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