Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 2

Author(s): G C Chaudhary
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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VAISHALI INSTITUTE RESEARCH BULLETIN NO. 2
He took great delight in friendly get-together and on festive occasions like Rakşabandhana etc. he invited all the inmates of the Institute at his residence, On these occasions he himself also participated in serving dishes to his friends and subordinates as well. He was on very intimate terms with two of his neighbours-
mone doctor and the other a Sub-judge. By way of joke he often told each that he had not paid a single pie to their fraternity. He meant that he did not have to spend any money on medical treatment and litigationDr. Jain maintained good health and his nature was very mild and accommodating.
Once I introduced an engineer friend of mine Shri C.P. Sinha to Dr. Jain. My friend was then working as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology. He showed some inquisitiveness towards the science of architecture in ancient India. Dr. Jain gave a very illuminating talk on the subject and introduced him to Shri Acharya's work on Manasara with a few others. Mr. Sinha's interest in the subject deepened and he began to see Dr. Jain often in this regard. He subsequently published a paper on this topic in his college magazine. With a view to going deeper in the subject he read Sanskrit and also passed B.A. Examination of the Bihar University with this subject. He is still pursuing his age old interest. Dr. Jain had a wonderful power of arousing his pupil's interest in the subject. In his classes students received knowledge with joy for he transmitted both.
In Oct. 1972, 1, along with Dr. D. N. Sharma, went to attend the All India Oriental Conference at Ujjain. On our way back we wanted to pay a visit to Dr. Jain who was then convalescing in Jabalpur Hospital after an operation of cataract. When we entered his room it was 11.30 and he was in repose. Mr. Vimal Prakash Jain who had also accompanied, announced us and we touched his feet. His face glistened with joy-he sat in his bed and talked for long, transmitting knowledge and joy even from his sick-bed--in fact he had nothing else to transmit to the world except knowledge and joy.