Uvasagdasao

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INTRODUCTION
THIS new edition of the Urāsagadasão is designed to meet the requirements of the University students of Prakrit and Jainism to whom the earlier editions of Dr. Hoernle, Rai Dhanpatisingji Babadur and the Āgamodaya Samiti are not available being long out of print. The Urāsagadasão is the seventh anga, or one of the more important books, of the canon of the Sretambara Jains, and is of great practical value to the community of Jain laynen as the subject matter treated therein relates to the duties of urāsagas. The Bombay University considered this book as the most suitable for students of Ardhamāgadhi in the B.A.class, and prescribed it for the years 1931 and 1932. When it came to my knowledge that copies of the book were not available in sufficient number, a copy of Dr. Hoernle's edition being sold at the fancy price of Rs. 25, I thought I should undertake a new edition on a slightly different plan. I must state at once that I have no idea in my mind to excel Dr. Hoernle, but I beg to say, all the same, that his edition, though valuabl