Jain Thoughts And Prayers English Gujarati

Author(s): Kanti V Mardia
Publisher: Yorkshire Jain Foundation

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3. Acknowledgements
Two main events took place during this intervening period:
1. The YJF, in spite of having only a few member
families, made a donation of a laptop and accessories to Muni Nandighosh Vijayji, who is one of the very few Jain monks involved in writing and promoting scientific aspects of Jainism.
We are pleased that this publication has been funded by Mardia Punya Trust. Our thanks go to Dr. Chandra, Pujya Chitrabhanu, Professor P.S. Jaini, and the Academy of Vedic Heritage for allowing us to use their material in the text. We are also grateful to Dr. Duli Chandra Jain, Vinodbhai Kapashi, Dr. Paul Marett and Dr. Natubhai Shah for their helpful comments. Thanks are also due to Dr. N.L. Jain, for his kind help in preparing this second edition.
2. The main Pratisthaa of our Mandir took place on 7th
October, 2001, where there was a great participation by the Jain Community from Leicester, London and Manchester
Dr. L.M. Singhvi, the former Jain and Vedic Scholar, India's former High Commissioner in UK was the Chief Guest. The ceremony was performed and conducted by Shri Jayaishbhai, Jain Samaj, Europe. The architect of the Mandir is Mr. Rajesh Sampura.
For this third edition we are grateful to Hiral Shah for the Gujarati translation, and to Milan Shah, Rajasvee Shah and Viral Shah for their help in preparing this edition.
It is hoped that other groups may find this book useful. and when any material is reproduced, due acknowledgement to this source will be most welcome.
This booklet deals with some of above main topies. For further details, a list of references is given below.
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