Proceedings of the Seminar on Prakrit Studies 1973

Author(s): K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Dr. W. B. Bollee, 5205 St. Augustin-Hangelar Lilienthalstr. 17 Federal German Republic.
Dear Professor Chandra,
......For the successful accomplishment I send you my best wishes. I hope it may result in some new projects to be taken up and old ones to be continued with fresh zeal. ...... There is not even a complete Vulgata, not to speak of a complete critical edition of the Ardhamāgadbı Canon. ......I propose to the Seminar to pass a resolution expressing the desirability to reprint the Āgamodaya Samiti Granthoddhāra and similar Series in which an Agama or auxiliary text was printed along with its curņi or tikā, the indispensable means to its proper understanding......
......Would not seem the reprint of Lord Mahāvıra's Words the best way to commemorate His life's Mission ? The unsatisfactory situation of the Jain Holy Scriptures may be compared to that of the Buddhist Tipitaka which is available in several editions.......
yours slocerely,
W. B. Bollee
807 Williams Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa, 19104 U. S. A.,
5-3-73
Dear Dr. Chandra,
Thank you for sending me the announcement of the Seminar on Prakrit Studies. I regret that I shall not be able to attend and see, once again, my colleagues and friends.
I send you my best wishes for the success of this most important undertaking. Cordially,
Sincerely Yours,
Proffesor Ernest Bender Indo-Aryan Languaes and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania; Chief Editor, The Journal of the American
Oriental Society,