________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOUR Dr. Dharm Chand Jain is a professor of Sanskrit in Jai Narain Vyas university, Jodhpur and has served as Head, Department of Sanskrit and as founder Director, Buddhist Studies Centre in the university. Indian Philosophy (especially Jainism and Buddhism), Sanskrit and Prakrit Language and literature are the subjects of his interest. He has written five books (1. Bauddha Pramana-mimamsa ki Jaina Dssti se Samikna, 2. Bauddha Pramana-mimamsa, 3. Chintana Ke Ayama, 4. Jaina Dharma - darsana : Eka Anusilana etc.) and edited more than 25 books (including on Smsti-sastra, Buddhism and Jainism). He has presented research papers in national and international seminars in India and abroad and also chaired some sessions of them. His numerous research articles have been published in reputed journals and proceedings. He is associated with various academic bodies of universities and educational institutes and has visited Hongkong (1995), London (2006 and 2013), Nepal (2013) and New York (2015) for academic purposes. Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy has awarded him with Abmbikadatta Vyasa award (1991) for Sanskrit prose writing and Darsana Sammana (2014-2015) for philosophical writing. He has been honoured with following awards for his scholarly writing and social services:Yuva-pratibha-sodha-sammana (1994), Champalal Sanda Smoti-purskara (1997), Acarya Hasti-smsti-sammana (2001), Karuna-writer-speaker-propagator-award (2014), Ramratan Kochar-smsti-sammana (2015), Hemachandracharya Sahitya sammana (2015) and Jaina seva-ratna-sammana (2016). प्राकृत भारती अकादमी, जयपुर 135, 14716 TRI, Hiddla Tr, , sta : 0141-2524827, 2520230 E-mail : prabharati@gmail.com Web-Site : prakritbharati.net With the support of CSR Activities ele बैंक ऑफ महाराष्ट्र Bank of Maharashtra भारत सरकार का उद्यम एक परिवार एक बैंक 978-93-81571-71-2 250.00
