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Publisher's Foreword
Bhagawan Mahavir Research Centre was established in 1984 in the renowned Educational Complex known as 'Shravika Sanstha Nagar in Solapur city mainly
(i) to conduct research in Jaina Religion, Philosophy, Ethics, Literature, History, Society and other aspects of Jaina Culture,
(ii) to bring out the contributions of Jaina Religion and Society to Indian culture and
(iii) to encourage advanced studies in different branches of Jainology.
This Research Centre was extremely fortunate as it was inaugurated in a special funtion by Siddhanta Chakravarti, Acharya Munishri Vidyanand Maharaj, the reputed Scholar-Saint of India, in the angust presence of many learned scholars assembled from different parts of India for participation in the "National Seminar on Research in Jainology" organised by the Research Centre to synchronise with its inauguration ceremony.
It is heartening to note that the Research Centre has got a very well-equipped library of old manuscripts, sacred texts, canonical works, research journals and rare books in different branches of Jainology. The Research Center has also started various programmes like publication of books and journals, organisation of seminars and workshops, distribution of research and travel grants, provision of library and study facilities etc. Again as a part of nation-wide celebration of 2000th Anniversary of Acharya Kunda Kunda during 1988-89 the Research Centre arranged to publish in England and to distribute free the new critical edition in English of Acharya KundaKunda's standard work Niyamasara.. Further, the Research Centre has now made available to the scholars the modern study-room facilities in the newly built spacious and impressive building of “Dhyana Swadhyaya Mandir" in the Educational Complex area.
Recently the Research Centre launched an important project of publishing a new and useful Series of Monographs dealing with different significant aspects of research studies in various branches of
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