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१२२ : श्रमण, वर्ष ५७, अंक २ / अप्रैल-जून २००६
invocation, the Vice-chairman of BLII, Shri N.P. Jain introduced and welcomed the distinguished guests while Shri Raj Kumar Jain; Secretary General of Vijay Vallabh Samarak, gave introduction about the activities of the Smarak. The Officiating Director of BLII, Dr. Balaji Ganorkar spoke about the Institute, Summer School, and the future plans. He made formal declaration of the formation of Alumni Association of the students of Prakrit Summer School, so that they can meet at least once a year and discuss on following matters :
Reading of Prakrit MSS, Editing of the Prakrit Texts, Critical Study of the Prakrit Texts, Scholarships/ Financial assistance may be provided to needy scholars, Interactions among people related with studies of Prakrit and allied topics viz. Faculties, Researchers in Prakirt and various organizations and agencies.
Dr. Balaji also intimated about the holding of International Seminar on ‘Yogic Traditions of India with special reference to Jainism' on 7th to gth December this year at India International Centre, New Delhi to be organized by BLII.
Prof. S.R. Banerjee, the Convenor of the Summer School presented a vivid account of the course, its importance and standard before the audience and expressed happiness for his association with the Summer School and the BLII for the past 18 years.
In this programme, prizes were given to the students who stood first, second and third in the examination by the Chief Guest as well as the Guests of Honour. The First Prize of Rs. 2100/- to each student in Advance and Elementary courses in Prakrit Language & Literature were sponsored by Jaswanta Dharmarth Trust and the Second and Third Prizes of Rs. 1100/- and Rs. 500/ - respectively were sponsored by Enkay Charitable Foundation. Three prizes of Rs. 2100/-, 1100/- and 500/- were also awarded by BLII in Manuscriptology Course.
Lastly, Prof. Vachaspati Upadhyaya gave the Valedictory address in which he spoke about the Samyak-jñāna, Darśana Caritrā and accordingly Samanjasya, Samatā, Sila, Vịttīs etc. and connected them with each other. He requested the students not to
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