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This publication might not have come into being had not Shri Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, Founder Trustee of Bharatiya Jñānapitha, felt keenly that since the question of an agreed biography of Bhagavān Mahāvīra proposed to be published under the aegis of Bhagavan Mahavira 2500th Nirvāṇa Mahotsava Mahasamiti continues to elude solution due to diversity and varied interpretation of the basic material, this book in the meantime, is likely to serve the best purpose as the learned and experienced authors have consciously tried to achieve historical objectivity. May it be so.
I have every hope that this book, small as it is, will fill a longfelt need and will serve as a friendly guide to all those who want to know for themselves and to convey to the multitudes the immortal life and message of Mahāvīra.
Delhi
13th November, 1974
Jain Education International
Lakshmi Chandra Jain
Secretary, Bharatiya Jnanpith
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