Shatrunjay Giriraj Darshan in Sculptures and Architecture

Author(s): Kanchansagarsuri
Publisher: Aagamoddharak Granthmala

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Shri Shatrunjay Giriraj Darshan
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For photographs/blockso Shri Jagannathbhai of Mahendra Art Studio (Photograph No. 1) o Shri Rajnikant Bhikhabhai (No. 2 and 3) o Sheth Anandji Kalyanji Trust (No. 2, 3, 7, 29, 45, 48, 50, 73, 85,
109, 115, 116A, 116B and 118) O Jain Journal (No. 31, 35, 40, 44, 51, 62, 80, 81, 84, 110, 111, and
112) o Shri Sarabhai Manibhai Nawab (No. 113, 114, 117, 119 and 120) o Shri D. N. Rathod (No. 121 to 134) O Shri Kapurchand Varaiya (Title Photo and No. 4)
My preceptor, the late Acharya Shri Anandsagar Maharaj asked me in 1939-40 A.D. to copy Image Inscriptions and Prasastis (appreciations) of manuscripts. Starting from Kapadwanj (my birth place) to Palitana and upto Bombay, I collected almost 3,000 inscriptions, of which more than 500 of Shatrunjay Giriraj are reproduced in the present volume.
Muni Pramodsagarji was highly ambitious for the Gujarati volume, and I could not have finished the book without his sincere efforts. Grace of Lord Aadishwar and blessings of my Guru are of course inevitable ingradients which present themselves through me.
I do not happen to know English language. Shri Ratilal Chhaganlal Shah translated the Gujarati text into English. The manuscript of English text was sent to Shri Bachubhai of M/s. Creative Printers Pvt. Ltd. He requested Shri Rameshchandra Chunilal Vora for proof-reading services, who asked for a copy of the Gujarati volume. Reviewing the two, Shri Vora got utterly confused. He consulted his friends - Shri Shrenik Shah and Shri Narendra Sarabhai Jamnadas Shah. The three friends transliterated the original volume, abbreviated it and a sort of new version has been created.
Jain Merchant Society, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380 007. V.S. 2037, Ashadha Vadi 1, 18th July 1981.
- Kanchansagar