________________ R -UR Eminent Honourable Prof. Sudarshan Lal It gives me great pleasure to write a few words about Prof. Sudarshan lal Jain for the volume to be released on the occasion of his 75th birth anniver Dr. Sudarshan lalji Jain is as senior scholar of the first order in the country in the field of jainology Prakrit and Sanskrit. Being a scholar in Sanskrit he has tought in the prestigious Kashi Hindu University in the Dept. of Sanskrit for more than three decades. He has served the university in the capacity of professor & chairman of the department and also as the Dean of the faculty. Under his able guidance more than 40 scholars have obtained their Ph.D. Degree. Prof. Sudarshan lal ji held the honour of serving the All India Digambars Jain Scholars Guild as the Chief Secretary and also as the Vice President. He has success fully organised many National and International conferences and seminars on Jainism and Jain philosophy. He is awarded by Sri Pranab Mukharji, the then President of India awards, for his contribution to Sanskrit and Prakrit languages and literature. Prof. Sudarshanlalji Jain has visited many foreign countries to spread Indian values, culture and literature across the world. I had the proud privilege of participating with him is many national and international seminars in India. I wish him from the bottom of my heart, long life and good health to serve the society in many more capacities. Prof. SHUBHA CHANDRA Chairman, Indology and Prakrit, University of Mysore P. Maintaining the Hindu Snaskriti in his Family I, Murali Kotte, has been living at Cupertino, California, USA for the past 20+ years. My very good and friendly neighbors are Sandeep and Sanjay Jain and their families. Both Sandeep and Sanjay are sons of Professor Sudarshan Lal Jain and I got the opportunity to meet Professor Sudarshan Lal and his wife when they visited USA. I have heard about Professor Sudarshan Lal Jain as a great Sanskrit Scholor and his contributions at Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. It was a great opportunity to meet him in USA and subsequently at Varanasi at their home. Though living in US, both Sandeep and Sanjay's families are well disciplined and maintain Hindu sanskriti and culture and certainly all this is due to Professor's upbringing and cultivating these values within his family. I am very fortunate to get the opportunity to live next door to Professor's 56
