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and Ācāryas of Jaina śramaņa Tradition for human welfare and total development of personality, after constant experiments during last three thousand years or even more on life and matter in Socio-Cultural develop ment. There is plentiful such material which is the heart of Jainology, Merely narrating the tales and putting the things from one vessel to apother should be discouraged. Such research works merely lower the value and importance of Jainological researches.
Major Research Projects
Basides the research projects mentioned above some major research projects have been suggested in the Seminars as 'essential research projects', They can be enumerated as follows,
1. An intersive survey of Prākrit, Sanskrit and Apabhramśa manus
cripts pertaining to the studies of Präkrits and Jainology, and
their scientific cataloguing. 2. Historical and descriptive grammars of the different Prākrit
dialects including the inscriptional Prākrits on an uniform plap. 3. A comprehensive History of Prākrit and Jainological literature. 4. A Middle Indo-Aryan Dictionary on historical principles based
on all the available Prākrit and Apabhramsa works. 5. An authoritative Encyclopaedia of Prākrits and Jainology. 6. A comprehensive Bibliography of Prakrits and Jainological
studies. 7. Monographs on important, cultural aspects prominently repre
sented in Prākrit and Jainological Literature, and can be potentially helpful for loter-disciplinary studies.
Promotion of Prakrit and Jainological Studies
To achieve the above-mentioned aims and to promote the Higher Education and Research in Prākrits and Jainology at the university stage, the Seminars have made some suggestions and indicated the procedure which the universities and the University Grants Commission should adopt as the practical steps.
1. It is important to set up full-fledged Departments of Prakrits
and Jainology in a couple of universities which may be found
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