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On the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Sri 1008 Gommatesvar Bhagavan Bahuvali, the Trust has taken a decision to take the words of the Jinas to the knowledge of the widest possible public by publishing them in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannad, Tamil and English. With this end in view, the Trust has started a publication division of its own and it is intended that on the occasion of this 1000th anniversary of Bhagavan Bahuvali, a bookstall will be opened in Sravana Belgola wherefrom this pious literature will be distributed at cost price or at a subsidised price. For this purpose, the Trust is going to spend Rs. 5,00,000.
present work is being published under this scheme.
In this pious land of Bharata, 2507 years ago, lakhs of worldly beings had heard the divine sound of the last Tirthankara Bhagavan Mahavira revealing the path to liberation and became the followers of Vitaraga Dharma Only seven years back, not only in India, but all over the world bis 2500th Nirvana Anniversary was celebrated with great enthusiasm.
On that auspicious occasion, there had been much constructive activities in the country, of which one important activity had been the publication of analytical works on the life and doctrines of Bhagavan Mahavira
Although all this was praiseworthy authentic literature of a high standard was still rare. Besides, some unauthentic and irrelevant literature also got published. Two factors were responsible for this, viz., first, lack of adequate knowledge about the doctrines propounded by Mahavira and second, the exuberance of excessive modernity and unnatural synthesis.
On that auspicious occasion, the Pandit Todarmal Trust under the guidance of the spiritual personality of Sri Kanji Swami also took a decision at the celebration of Sri Jina Bimba Pancakalyanaka at Fatehpur (Gujarat) to publish a standard work in Hindi throwing light on the life and doctrines of Bhagavan Mahavira.
