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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This is an unedited, original verson of my Ph.D. thesis, titled as Theism and Jainism, presented to Gujarat University for Ph.D. degree in 1990. With a foreword by a great Jain Scholar and authority Pdt. Dalsukhbhai Malvania, it is now published in a book from.
My gratitude goes to Shree Dalsukhbhai Malvania who not only took interest in my work but also guided me with some of the very sound suggestions. He has further obliged me for writing a foreword to this book. I am indeed very much thankful to him.
I am deeply indebted to Dr. J. A. Yajnik, who was my guide. His critical evaluation and constructive suggestions have played a vital role in shaping both me and my work. I am thankful to him for his consent with blessings, to publish this work.
I am immensely grateful to Dr. Suresh Vakil, Prof. C. V. Raval, Dr. Y. S. Shastri and other friends who have taken deep interes in this work.
. I am also greatful to Gujarat University for the consent to publish the thesis as well as the members of the Board and the trustees of Academy of Philosophy for all the efforts and encouragement to make this publication possible.
Lası, but not the least, I wish to put on record, a lot of Minds, Bodies & Souls, a Lot of Blessings, directly or indirectly, who have paved the path and made the publication a fact.
I am deeply and consciously thankful for the grace of God and all Great Souls for their Benedictions.
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