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Seth Amarcand Kalyancand expired in 1932. Hence Seth Sākarcand Khusalcand was nominated to his place in 1936, and an appointment-deed to this effect was got executed in the same year. In 1937 I tendered my resignation, and after some delay it was accepted. Instead, the trustees appointed me as the Honarary General Secretary of this Fund.
Since the establishment of this institution, its funds were invested in the Government Securities. But since we bought a building situated at Kalabadevi Road, Bombay, in V. S. 1993, the said fund is mainly invested in immovable property. The building was renamed as follows:
SETH DEVCAND LALBHAI JAINA PUSTAKODDHARA FUND ESTATE (SURAT) AGAMODDHARAKA
Here the first line indicates the ownership, while "Agamoddhāraka" the name of the building.
III. The Author and the Commentator of the Work-It would prove useful to devote a paragraph or two to the author and the commentator of this work. The author of Prasama-Rati is Purvadhara acarya Sri Umāsvāti Väcaka. It is almost certain that this Umasvati is the same who composed Tattvärtha-Sutra with bhāṣya. From the following extract from his kārikā of Tattvärtha-Bhāṣya, we can glean many facts about the author:
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