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In the third session Dr. Niranjan Patel delt with Hemchandracharya's Philosophy of language. Dr. Mukund Kotecha elaborately discussed the universality of Pandit Sukhlalji's thoughts. Dr. Jitendra Shah presented his paper on contemporary Jain Gujarati thinkers. In his paper he discussed Sukhlalji, Pandit Bechardasji and Pandit Raghunath Sheth. who have effectively contributed to the jain philosophy in particular and philosophy of Gujarat in general.
In the last session Dr. Madhusudan Baxi presented a paper on God, knowability and karma with special reference to Dr. Naginbhai Shah's Book on Avidya in Shankarvedanta. Dr. Maltiben Desai delt with the thoughts of Kedarnath. Prof. Siddharth Bhatt came out with a paper on Vallabhbhai's contribution in constructing Indian identity. Dr. Vijay Pandya discussed Dr. Hari Vallabh Bhayani's contribution to the philosophy of Gujarat. Inspite of being an Indologist Dr. Bhayani was a genius and a comprehensive thinker. The second day session ended with the blessing of Dr. Naginbhai Shah, who has Immensly contributed to the philosophical thoughts in Gujarat.
The third day i.e. on 23rd March 2009 the first session started with the benediction by Sadhvi Shri Chandanbala Shriji. Padmashri Dr. Kumarpal Desai who chaired the session and presented his paper on shrimad Rajchandra. He summarized the philosophical thoughts of Shrimad Rajchandra. Dr. Nirali Shah made a powerpoint on Upadhyay Yashovijaji's Adhyatmasar. It was presentation a well-ordered narration of the Text-context Adhyatmasar. Dr. Jitendra Shah came out with a comprehensive paper on Hemchandracharya's philosophy.
The second session started under the chairmanship of noted literary person or Raghuveer Chaudhari. Dr. Madhusudan Baxi presented his paper on Ester Soloman & her unique contribution to the philosophy of Guajart. Dr. Baxi in his paper delt with the idea's of the two books of Ester Soloman, Indian dialectics and Avidya vichar. Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhary delt with the cultural thoughts of Gujarat. A unique paper was presented by Dr. Hasubhai Yagnik, on Pandit Omkarnath Thakur's thoughts on Raga and Ragini. Dr. Darshini Dadawala made a power point presentation on the poetics of Aanand Shankar Dhruv. It was an inquiry into the relationship between the philosophy and poetics. Dr. Jitendra Desai delt with the mysticism of Shri Mota. Dr. Rajendra
