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CHIEF EDITOR'S NOTE
We are glad to present the fourth number of our Research Bulletin to the readers. Like former numbers the present one too is bilingual. There are fifteen articles in English and as many in Hindi.
Most of the articles have been prepared by our present and whilom faculty members and research associates. A few are from the pen of scholars associated with the council and other bodies of the Institute. Some of the articles are the papers presented in the seminars organised on the occasion of Mabavira-Jayanti, every year, under the auspices of the Institute. One of of the articles viz. "Ghantiyājāla and Mount Meru in Jain-Agama" is an extract from a talk delivered by its author on the same occasion. Others are specific contributions to the present number of our bulletin by distinguished scholars from outside
The article on 'Contributions of Some Jain Acāryas to Combinatorics' is conspicuous because it pertains to mathematics. The last section of this article contends that Acarya Hemacandra in his 'Chando'nuśāsana had propounded the so called Fibonacci Numbers prior to its acknowledged author, namely Fibonacci.
We extend our sincere thanks to all our contributors.
To the series of articles in English we have appended two letters written by late Dr. L. Alsdorf as they are of scholarly interest.
Lists of researches being pursued and completed and that of our publications have been appended at the end.
Preparation of the press copy was impeded and there was also difficulty in quick disposal of proofs on account of some inevitable reasons. But the press bore with us all along and brought out this number with usual finish and decency. For this, proprietor of the Tara Printing Works, Shree Ramashankar Pandya deserves our sincere thanks.
October 31, 1983.
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