Samraditya

Author(s): Pushkarmuni, Devendramuni
Publisher: Shree Lakshmi Pustak Bhandar

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story-patterns as also in respect of names in the story-books that are written by thousands of authors in different times and in different places. We have got trust after studying different books that instead of doing post-mortem examination of the ancient books, we should form the habit of evaluation of the element of goodness (the scrutiny of the element of welfare) contained therein. We should accept without any partiality whatever books are there which have high ideals, inspiring element or life-ennobling values. It is seen in many books that the same story-element is described in different occasions and in different forms. Sometimes the former part of a story is left unfinished without the later, part, sometimes only a small part of the later half is given. In such a situation, it becomes extremely difficult to write the story-elements in complete forms, and there can arise, moreover controversial question in that. In such cases, we have tried to complete the