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from the treasure-house of the Agama texts are conglomerated. His Pearls of Jaina Wisdom will act as a source book of Jainistic studies. I believe that the collection of Jaina gems will attract the attention of the scholarly world.
P. S.
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Some of my articles on Jainism, such as, The Philosophy of Mahāvīra in the Puskara Muni Abhinandan Grantha ( Udaipur 1979, 59-61), The Doctrines of Mahavira, Jain Journal (Vol. XXVII, 1993, pp. 199-209 ), The Review of a Book, Jain Journal (Vol. XXVII, 1993, 55-60 ), Jainism Through the Ages, Jain Journal (Vol. XXIX, 1995, pp. 129-166) and the introduction to my edition of Nyāyāvatāra (Calcutta, 1981), form the nucleus of the present foreword. But it is altogether a new paper which has been entirely rewritten and very largely revised and augmented with more new materials. In some cases I have freely incorporated some passages in my present foreword without mentioning and keeping them within the inverted commas.
Calcutta University
25th March, 1996.
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