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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.org
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Excellency was the most prominent source of the inspiration for the present dictionary project. We express humble thankfulness to His Excellency. The implimentation of the project was improbable without financial support. We are specially thankful to the Honourable Minister and officials of the Department of Culture, Government of India who, promptly approved this project and financed it.
An advisory committee consisting of eminent scholars of Buddhism was formed in order to make this compilation work perfect, systematic and in accordance to the modern methodology. Prof. N.H. Samtani, Sri S.N. Tandon, Prof. S.K. Pathak, Dr. S.P. Sharma, Prof. Mahesh Deokar, Prof. D.P. Guha and Prof. J.S. Negi, took so much pain in attending the meetings of this committee and gave valuable guidelines for the compilation of this dictionary. We express our humble thankfulness to them.
We are also thankful to Prof. M.G. Dhadphale, Prof. Sanghasen Singh and Prof. Biswanath Banarjee for their valuable suggestions. Prof. S.K. Pathak has been the most prominent source of inspiration for the compilation of this dictionary. He took personal interest in the project. He deservers special thanks for his unique contribution.
While preparing the manuscript of this long-cherished dictionary research assistants Sri Murari Mohan Kumar Sinha, Dr. Chiranjeev Kumar Arya, Dr. Vishwajit Prasad Singh, Sri Sacchidananda Singh, extended their unparalleled help for which we are highly thankful to them. We are also thankful to Sri S.D. Dwivedi, former librarian, Bihar Vidhan Parishad library for extending his valuable help. We express thankfulness to Mr. Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal for his dedication in preparing computerized type-setting of the manuscript.
With our full confidence we dedicate this dictionary to the people of India in general. Most confidently we may assure that this dictionary will be useful and helpful not only to the students and researchers, but also to those who are desirous to taste the Dhammarasa of the Buddha. Whatever precaution might be taken for the publication of any research work, it can not be free from mistakes. The present dictionary also can not be free from lapses and mistakes. It is, therefore, our humble submission to the learned readers and scholars to be kind enough not to overlook the lapses and mistakes they will come across in our dictionary, but to inform us with suggestions which will help us in preparing the forthcoming volumes of the dictionary free from errors.
A-paritosā vidūnam sādhu na maññe payogaviññāņam.
Balavāpi sikkhitānam attani appaccayam ceto.
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda Buddha-Jayanti 2550h Year of the Mahāparinibbāna of the Buddha
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