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XII: FOREWORD
painstakingly, given the Samskrt shadow verses, roman transliteration of Prakrt and Samskrt couplets and rendered them in Hindi and Englich poetry as well. These certainly make it a worthy and useful effort.
The well-researched introductory essay comprising an analysis of the concept of right-vision, and a crtique on the original work followed by a description of the life and work of the worthy author give it a different dimension altogether.
The main body of the book has been very imaginatively and aesthetically designed. While the Hindi and English versions of the same Präkṛt verse, given on the facing pages, make it useful for those knowing either Hindi or English, for the scholars in command of both the languages it affords an opportunity for a comparative evaluation.
The appendices given at the end of the book are also quite useful, and while they satisfy the curiosity of the readers to some extent, they also go to arouse it even further.
Finally I must congratulate the authors for this highly useful book, and hope that that their creative pen will put forth many such works in future also.
Prachya Vidyapeeth
Shajapur (M.P.)
Makar Sankranti, 14th January, 2006.
Prof. Sagarmal Jain
