Treasury of Jain Tales

Author(s): V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
We feel immense pleasure in introducing this Title 'A Treasury of Jain Tales' compiled and edited by Dr. V. M. Kulkarni as 5th volume in Shri Swetambar Murtipujak Jain Boarding Series.
The Jain narrative literature is enormously rich. It reflects various social, religious and economic conditions. On going through the stories one can easily get a glimpse into our rich cultural past.
The present edition carries a beautiful collection of the stories derived from Jain Canonical literature and commentaries. We hope the Treasury will be well received by scholars as well as laymen.
We express our profound gratitude to Pt. Dalsukh D. Malvania and Prof. Harivallabh C. Bhayani at whose instance we undertook this task and to Dr. V. M. Kulkarni for carrying it out successfully.
We record our sincere gratitude to Prof. Chandrakantbhai Kadia for his whole-hearted co-operation without which this edition would not have been possible.
We express our sincere thanks to the authorities of L.D. Institute of Indology for providing us some beautiful photographs based on stories.
We are very thankful to our Research Officer Dr. Shri Prakash Pandey for his careful proof reading.
Finally we thankfully acknowledge the financial assistance received from Shri Shwetambar Murtipujak Jain Boarding, Ahmedabad for publication of this book. We offer our sincere thanks to the authorities of the Boarding.
Date: 5 March, 1994
Dr. Jitendra B. Shah
Director
Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre Opp. Ranakpur Society Shahibag, Ahmedabad.