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THE JAINA GAZETTE and yet simple Sanskrit treatise on Advaita Vedanta a profitable reading.
The paper is published by the Advaita Ashrama, 182A, Muktaram Babu Street, Calcutta, and its annual subscription is Rs. 4.
J. L. JAINI'S CHARITY. Opinion asked for utilising Mr. Jaini's Charitable Fund.
With the generous endeavours of Lala Johry Lal Mital Jain M.A., L.L.B., Law Member Indore state and of his assistant Mr. Shilchand Jain all the accounts of Mr. J. L. Jaini are now cleared. We have got nearly Rs. 70,000 cash in the Imperial Bank of India. Its income will come to Rs. 200 a month. According to the will of Mr. Jaini his unpublished translations of Gomatsara and Atmanushashana are now published and Samayasara is in the press. We are grateful to Pandit Ajit Prasad, Vakil, Lucknow for taking the publishing work in his hand. Mr. Jaini has laid down in his will as follows :--
"All this property after the deductions and charges given below is to be employed by my executors in the preservation and propagation of Jainism for the good of mankind. I espe. cially wish them to publish my unpublished works and to help the Jain literature society and Mahavira brotherhood, London in consultation with my friends Dr. F. W. Thomas of the India Office, and Mr. H. Warren, 84, Shelgate Road, Battersea, London."
I ask the opinions of the lovers of Jainisim what best means should be adopted for carrying out Mr. Jaini's will in Rs. 200 a month, Opinions must be sent to Lala Johry Lal Mital Jain M.A., L.L.B., Shital Mata Road, Indore within a month.
BRAHMACHARI SITAL PRASAD,
One of the trustees of Mr. Jaini.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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