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ordinator of the Institute, and Prof. Kanjibhai Patel, the Co-ordinator of the Seminar, introduced the guests and gave an outline pertaining to the Seminar to them. Dr. H. M. Joshi, the Chief Guest inaugurated the Seminar by enkindling the auspicious lamps and emphasized the importance of philosophy in human life in his Inaugural Speech. The Retired Veteran Professor of Gujarati Dr. Ramanlal C. Shah of the Bombay University, delivered an elaborate and scholarly lecture on the Importance of Knowledge in Jaina Philosophy by way of a Keynote Address. This was the Inaugural Session. The First Session of the Seminar proper started from 2. 30 p.m. onwards on the 16th, the same day. Among ten the papers presented to the Seminar in this Session, under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. R. Chandra, the one by Pandit Laxmanbhai Bhojak endeavoured to give an account of the painstaking efforts on the part of Muni Shri Punyavijayaji towards setting right the contents of the various Jaina Bhandaras, and reorganization of the manuscripts by carefully listing them subjectwise and then cataloguing them. Dr. Balavant Jani, of the Saurastra University, Rajkot, presented an elaborate account of the valuable literary contribution of the Munishri. Dr. Smt. Yashodhara Wadhvani, of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, presented her research paper about the language of the Višeşāvasyaka Bhāsya. Dr. Uday Chandra of Udepur, Dr. Hansaben Hindocha of Rajkot, Dr. Jayprakash Narayan Dwivedi of Dwarka, and other scholars also presented their research papers to the Seminar. While reviewing the papers presented in this session of the Seminar, Dr. Chandra, the Chairman, observed that the research process got enhanced by the presentation of the papers in this Seminar, particularly more so by the discussion that followed each of the papers. The discussion was highly significant and many suggestions too came forward. The second, Morning Session, of the Seminar on the 17th was chaired by Dr. Sagarmal Jain. In all, eleven research papers were presented in it. In his own research paper Dr. Sagarmal Jain discussed the development of the Navakara Mantra in the Angavijjā. Among the other papers, there were those of Dr. Niranjana Vora of the Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, Dr. Dinanatha Sharma of the North Gujarat University, Patan, Dr. Kamalesh Kumar Jaina of the B. L. Institute of Indology, Delhi, Dr. I. B. Raval of Veraval, Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh of Varanasi. The paper of Prof. Dayananda Bhargav of Landu was presented by the Shramanas from that place. The papers touched various aspects of the Jaina Agamas, and there was good discussion on each of the papers after its presentation in this session.
