Studies in Indian Philosophy

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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After voluntary retirement from BHU in 1944, Pt. Sukhlalji lent, for three years, his services to the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay. In 1947 he joined the B. J. Institute of Research and Learning, Ahmedabad, and functioned, till his demise, as an Academic Adviser to the L. D. Institute of Indology.
The learned world was not tardy in appreciating ibe erudite and extensive literary and research work being churned out by this blind saint. In 1947 he was awarded the Vijayadharmasüri Jaina Sahitya Gold Medal by Shri Yashovijaya Granthamala, Bhavanagar for his distinct contribution to Jaina Literature. He was elected President of the Prakrit and Jainism Section of the 16th Session of All India Oriental Conference which met in Lucknow in 1951. In 1955 he delivered a series of three lectures on Adhyatmavicārana in Shri Popatlal Hemachand Adhyātma V yakhyanumalā under the auspices of Gujarat Vidyasabha, Ahmedabad. In 1956 he was awarded the Gandhi Prize by Wardha Rashtra-bhasha Prachara Sawiti for his contribution to philosophical and spiritual literature in Hindi.
He delivered, in 1957, a series of five lectures on Bharatiyatattvavidyā (Indian philosophy) in Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad Honorarium Lecture Series under the auspices of the M. S. University, Baroda. Hc delivered a series of five lectures on 'Samadarsi Acārya Haribhadra' under the auspices of Bombay University in 1959. In 1957 he was honoured by the Gujarat University, which bestowed upon him the honorary D. Litt. Degree.
In 1955 Pandit Shri Sukhlal ji Sanmān Samiti was formed in Ahmeda. bad which collected and Published, in three volumes, his original writings in Gujarati and Hindi under the general title Darśana ane aur Cintana. On the occasion of the release of three volumes, Panditji was honoured with a purse of Rs. 70,000. With this amount he founded the Jñūnodaya Trust for the dissemination of knowledge.
Sukhlalji was elected president of the Gujarati Section of the Indian Philosophical Conference which met in Ahmedabad in 1958. In 1959 he was elected president of the Tattvajñāna section of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad which met in Ahmedabad.
Again, in 1959 he was awarded a prize of Rs. 5,000 by the Sahitya Akadami, New Delhi, and Rs. 2000 by the Gujarat Government for his work Darsan ane aur Cintana.
He was elected President of the Religion and Philosophy Section of the All-Indian Oriental Conference held in Srinagar in 1961. In the same year he was awarded by the President of India a Certificate of honour for his scholarship in Sanskrit. In 1963 he was awarded a prize of Rs. 2,000 by the Government of Gujarat for his work Samadarsi Acārya Haribhadra.