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INTRODUCTION
In his Foreword to the third Edition of the Bibliography' of
my Published Writings my esteemed friend Rao Bahadur K. V.
Rangaswami Aiyangar observed as follows:-"Every library and
institution interested in Indic Studies, and every scholar that can
afford the price, will require a set of the published papers. Every
student who has gained some light and guidance in his own special
field from some paper or papers of Prof. Gode will, therefore, one
feels assured, join in the prayerful hope that before a scholarly life
of such remarkable fecundity reaches its sixtieth year, the next
edition of this Bibliography will be replaced by the contents
sections of a collection of Prof. Gode's research publications and
reviews, representing the achievement of over thirty years of a life
dedicated to the discovery and propagation of historical truth."
This prayerful hope of my learned friend was not expressed
in vain. In the rainy season of 1946 I had the good fortune of
meeting after many years my old friend Ac膩rya Muni Jinavijayaji,
when he stayed for a few days in the Nizam Guest House of the
B. O. R. Institute. I entered the service of the Institute on 26th
April 1919. At this time the Government Manuscripts Library
containing about 20,000 manuscripts was given in my special charge
and Muniji, who was then staying in the Bharata Jain Vidyalaya
near the Institute, was engaged day and night in studying the Jain
manuscripts in the Government Manuscripts Library and preparing
a Descriptive Catalogue of them and planning critical editions of
Jain texts, many of which have been published in subsequent years.
It was at this time that the bonds of friendship between myself and
Muniji were forged for the first time and strengthened in later
years even though Muniji left Poona and continued his studies out-
side Poona. During his stay in Poona referred to above I had occa-
sion to ascertain Muniji's deep interest in all my writings per-
taining to Indian literary history and the history of Indian cul-
ture and allied topics. In one of our talks he expressed his great
appreciation of all my writings published in numerous Oriental
1. Thirty Years of Historical Research or Bibliography of the
Published Writings of P. K. Gode (1916-1946), Poona, 1947, Page iii
of Foreword. The first Edition of this Bibliography was published in
1939 and the Second Edition of this Bibliography dedicated to my
revered guru the late Dr. P. D. Gune, was brought out in 1941 with
a Foreword by my venerable friend Principal J. R. Gharpure.
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