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THE JAINA GAZETTE The invaluble importance and indispensability of the Journal may be evident from the following few appreciations :
Mr. T. V. Seshagiri lyer, B.A., B.L., M.L.A., Ex-Judge, Madras, writes “ This is the true spirit in which religious magazines should be conducted in this country." The 'Swarajya'observes, “The Jaina Gazette contains very interesting and valuable articles on important topics in Eastern and Western philosophy, Indian History, Literature Law and Science based on up-to-date research." An English lady in Australia says, "Go to this Gazette for the analysis of man and his mist-hidden descent."
Dr. Helmuth Von Glasenapp Professor of Sanskrit, Berlin University, writes to Mr. C. S. Mallinath ; "I read this journal always with pleasure because every number of it contains one or some articles of interest for a student of J inism. I hope you will translate also other passages of the Sri Purūnam and publish them in the Gazette ; I found the first article very useful."
Hence it is quite necessary to strength -n the Journal by starting a permanent fund. If properly financed it may be quite easy to raise the Jaina Gazette to the first rank in the Commonwealth of Journals, a rank which it richly deserves by virtue of its age and the noble cause it advocates. A fund of Rs. 20,000 yielding a bank interest of Rs. 100 per month will be quite enough for the purpose. Thus if we can have 10 patrons paying a donation of Rs. 1000 each and 100 life-members giving Rs. 100 each we can very easily start a fund and work the Gazette very efficiently to the ultimate betterment of the social, educational, religious and political status of the Jaina Cominunity.
Therefore we earnestly appeal to our educated and rich Jains to patronise the Jaina Gazette by becoming its life-members and patrors and thus earn the meritorious punya resulting from Jaina Dharma Prabhāvana.
OUR SILVER JUBILEE. We are glad to note that by a happy coincidence the publication of this special number synchroniscs with the Silver Jubilee of
the Jaina Gazette in English in a way. It was at the rosy dawn Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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