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(v) HUMBLE DEDICATION A Treatise on Jainism is the result of our revered Father Shri Jayantibhai Sankalchandbhai Sanghvi's intensive study of Jainism. While studying Jain Shastras, our Father would read and discuss and our revered Mother Mrs. Saralaben (Mankuvarben) Jayantibhai Sanghvi would listen and give her own observations. Hence, though the entire draft of the treatise is that of our father's, our mother had given her small, but very valuable contribution. Our father never claimed to be a Pandit of Jainism, though he knew a great deal of that religion. In reality hoth were seekers of Truth.
They lived happily for 56 years, and though their life was a perfect blend of comradeship and mutual dedication, they had their share of unpleasentness and confrontation of this worldly existence. But amidst several trying situations, they maintained a perfect balance because they ever remembered the Philosophy of Jain Religion. That gave them inherent strength for mental peace and comfort, amidst even unnerving circumstances. That made their endurance easy to live an
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