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Thus ultimately the material was almost ready for the press, endeavouring for which was first felt tiring; but the resultant work at the end rather happend to be a source of joy for me as all these papers reflected a side-line (i.e. apart from some books, special lectures etc.) of my life-time modest growth in scholarship and research accomplishment. Moreover several sweet memories of visits to different places, Universities and Research Institutes all over India, of novel academic and scholastic experiences gathered through association with a number of eminent scholars in India and a few from abroad, returned to my mind and made me as if to relive those energetic and active days. The memories of some of the Seminars and Conferences like the first A.I.Seminar on Prakrit Studies (Kolhapur 1968), the Jaipur (1975) and the Rajagriha (1980) Sessions of A.1. Seminars, the Silver Jubilee Session of A.I.Oriental Conference, Calcutta (1969) and its Ujjain (1972) and Shantiniketan (1980) Sessions, and lastly the National Conference on Prakrit Studies, Bangalore (1990) etc. that had left a rich and gainful impression on my mind appeared still more pleasant. At these Conferences, Seminars, Symposiums, etc., I could meet almost all Indian scholars, and some foreigners, in the field of Jainology and Prakrits, be guided by elder ones, exchange views and discuss with others matters of mutual interest, and be acquainted with fresh lines and new trends of research. I may mention here that I feel I have grown richer through my occasional (and later by correspondence with
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