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PREFACE
I take the opportunity here to express my deepest Edgerton for his helpful suggestions; to Professor gratitude to my teacher, Professor W. Norman Brown, Walter E. Clark of Harvard University for affording for his encouragement and guidance, and for the help me access to the manuscript and to the library of Harwithout which this study could not have been brought vard University where it reposes; to the library of the to completion. It is with pleasure, indeed, that I University of Pennsylvania for making its facilities dedicate it to him.
available to me; to Mr. Tikkekar and the library of To Professor Zellig S. Harris I am indebted for his the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; to instruction in linguistic science and his invaluable the Sri Sāgargacchano Jaina Jñanabhandär of the Sri assistance in solving the problems encountered. It is Hemacandrācārya Jaina Jñānamandir at Pāțaņ; to a pleasure to indicate my debt to Muni Sri Punyavi- the Sri Jaina Ananda Pustakalaya at Surat; to Mr. jayaji who gave so generously of his erudition. Umakant P. Shah for his valuable assistance to my Through his kindness I was enabled to use manu- researches in Baroda and his many other kindnesses; scripts which would otherwise not have been accessible and to the staff of the American Philosophical Society to me.
for assistance in preparing the manuscript for the I am very grateful to the American Council of printer. Learned Societies for its several grants aiding my Finally, I am happy to acknowledge my gratitude studies both in this country and in India the result of to the American Philosophical Society for its publicawhich is this investigation.
tion of this text. Acknowledgments are due also to Professor Franklin
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