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This institute with its name as Kundakunda Jñanapitha was formally founded on October 19, 1987, when the whole India was celebrating the 2000th birth year of Ācārya Kundakunda. It always feels glorified by having its association with Acārya Kundakunda not only by its name but also by the activities which promote the philosophy elaborated by Ācārya Kundakunda. Professor Agrawal has been serving this Jñanapitha as a member of Board of Directors (or as a member of the editorial board of its quarterly research journal, Arhat Vacan) since 1987. Therefore, by this scholarly work of international importance, this institute also feels glorified and we feel a great pleasure in publishing this work. Out of 415 stanzas of Samayasāra, this book (Soul Science: Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda, Part I) covers first 144 stanzas. We look forward to publish the remaining stanzas as soon as possible, and are waiting for the completion of the work by the author.
We feel it our duty to express our thankfulness to Prof. Agrawal for providing us an opportunity to publish this work. We also acknowledge the personal efforts made by Shri Anil Kumar Tongya and his staff associated with the printing press -Messars Sugan Graphics- for an attractive, clean, and nice printing. In this task of bringing out this work in the present form, the personal interest taken and the encouragement provided by the dynamic President of this institute, Dr. Ajit Kumar Singhji Kasliwal, also deserve a special mention.
We hope the book would prove valuable to the curious readers, and we request for their feedback for our encouragement and further improvement.
Dr. Anupam Jain Professor of Mathematics,
& Honrary Secretary,
Kundakunda Jñanapitha, 584, M.G. Road, Indore (M. P.) anupamjain3@rediffmail.com
