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muitable for the purpose, and setting up of at least an Iostitute or Centre of Advanced studies in Prākrits and Jainology to undertake and co-ordinate research work in the field.
2. Existing Department of Jainology and Prakrits may be streng.
thened and equipped with sufficient staff and other facilites required to fulfil the desired Inter-disciplinary teaching and research.
3. In view of the importance of the subject, and its initial stage,
adequate specific Scholarships at Post-Graduate level and Fellowships for M. Phil and Doctoral research, and research Grants for minor and major research projects should be provided.
4. Seminars, symposia, workshops, summer schools, short term
Institutes, Conferences should be regularly organised at regional and all India level at suitable univers.ties.
Undesirable developments to be restricted
The seminars have painfully recorded some undesirable developments which would ultimatly result in National loss of Cultural Haritage, and therefore, need to be stopped at this very stage. It is well-known and an undisputable fact that classical languages of India have close tie and require to be studied in relation to each other. It is why earlier Professors of Sanskrit could contribute to a great extent to any classical language Sanskrit, Pāli, Prakrits or Apabhramsa.
It is a calculated fact that half, and sometimes more than half of a classical Drama now popularly known as Sanskrit Drama, is written in Prākrits. Drama like Mroch akatikam is written mostly in Prakrits.
All the works of Sanskrit Poctics have quoted a good deal of Prākrit and Apabbramsa verses.
It should be asserted that these works, whereever prescribed as text books, are taught in original.
The practice of teaching Präkrit portions not in original but through Sanskrit Chāyä has developed to such an extent that gradually the Prākrit portions of the dramas and works on poetics have become corrupt.
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