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The Jains through Time
other absorbing and inspiring activities. She introduced them to a greater spiritual awareness whilst helping to raise their self confidence. She organised a Veerayatan Children's Committee - Veerayatan Bal Parishad, and a group of girls called
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from Prakrit into Hindi, of the Uttaradhyayan-Sutra, one of the most important Jain scriptures - a translation still read and respected by scholars today. This
was proof positive of her extraordinary Veerayatan Balika Parishad, and entrusted tenacity - work like this could only be them with the solemn task of raising accomplished by a spiritually enlightened awareness on issues concerning Veerayatan. person. She sent taskforces to different provinces to spread the word
Acquisition of Land
Sadhvishri always completes any task she In 1972 she completed her chaturmas in the sets out to do. Sometimes her perseverance suburb of Bhavanipur in Calcutta. Whilst is mistaken for stubbornness. Plans for she was there, it took her only thirty-five Veerayatan, that had begun as a tiny seed days to complete a remarkable translation, planted in her mind, were now growing,
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