Usaniruddham

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

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Foreword
We take great pleasure in
publishing Rāmpāṇivāda's Usāṇiruddhaṁ in the Shwetambar Murtee Pujak Jaina Boarding Series of the Sharadaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre, Ahmedabad. The original text by Ramapāņivāda has been here edited by Prof. V. M. Kulkarni, a renowned scholar in the field of Prakrit studies.
Usāņiruddhaṁ is a primer for beginners who want to learn Prakrit language. It is well-known as text often prescribed by Departments of Prakrit in various universities in India.
The Institute feels particularly happy on the occasion of the publication of this book, for it was not available to the students for a long time, as it was out of print.
The Institute owes special thanks to Prof. H. C. Bhayani, eminent scholar and linguist, and to Prof. K. R. Chandra, well-known scholar, for their help and guidance in this project.
To Prof. Kulkarni we express our special sense of gratitude for granting us the permission to publish the text in this format.
We would like to thank Pt. Mrigendra Nath Jha and Shri Naranbhai Patel for carefully reading Theough the proofs, and also Shri Akhilesh Mishra, Computer Operator, who has set this text.
Jitendra Shah