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history of Jainism in South India and that it would prove a substantial aid for further studies in Tamil Literature.
The 2500th Nirvāņa Anniversary of Bhagavān Mahāvīra is being celebrated from November 13, 1974 onwards for a period of one year. It is to mark this great event that the Bhāratīya Jñānapitha is publishing the late Professor A. Chakravarti’s ‘Jaina Literature in Tamil' in its present revised form. Words are inadequate to express how much we feel obliged to the authorities of the Bhāratiya Jñānapitha, especially to its enlightened President, Shrimati Rama Jain, and to its benign Patron, Shri Sahu Shanti Prasadaji, for arranging the publication of this work. Our thanks are due to Shri Lakshmi Chandra Jain who is enthusiastically implementing the scheme of publications undertaken by the Jñanpīțh.
A. N. UPADHYE Kailash CHANDRA SHASTRI
November 13, 1974
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