Universal Values of Prakrit Texts

Author(s): Prem Suman Jain
Publisher: Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapeeth and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

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K.S. Prabhakar
Secretary to Govt. Revenue Department (Disaster Management) Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore
30th September, 2010.
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I am very happy to know that the National Institute of Prakrit Studies and Research, Shravanabelagola is conducting a 2 days' International Prakrit Seminar at Shravanabelagola. The theme of the seminar is very apt to the modern times. Prakrit was the language of the common people during the ancient days and was a vehicle of expressing the aspirations and culture of common people of ancient India. Needless to say it is through this language that Bhagavan Buddha and Bhagavan Mahaveer preached the eternal values of spirituality which evoked tremendous response from the hoi polloi of ancient India.
It is a commendable effort that the institute is highlighting the values of ancient Prakrit texts through this international seminar. I wish the seminar all success and also hope that the deliberations of the seminar will throw a lot of light on the eternal values of the old Prakrit texts and language.
(K.S. Prabhakar)
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