1. Sahityacharya Dr Pandit Pannalal Jain was a distinguished Jain scholar.
21 Facts About Pannalal Jain
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Pannalal Jain was the son of Gallilal and Jankibai of Parguvan, a small village in Sagar, born in 1911.
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Pannalal Jain moved to Sagar with his mother after the death of his father in 1919.
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Pannalal Jain studied at the famous institute in Sagar, "Sattarka Sudha Tarangini Sanskrit Pathashala", now Ganesh Varni Sanskrit Vidyalaya, founded by Ganeshprasad Varni.
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Pannalal Jain was married in 1931, same year he was appointed as a teacher at the Vidyalaya.
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Pannalal Jain spent most of his life in Sagar as the guiding scholar at Sattarka Sudha Tarangini Sanskrit Pathashala, later known as Ganesh Digambar Jain Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, at Moraji, Sagar, from 1933 to 1983.
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Pannalal Jain edited both volumes of the well known autobiography Meri Jivan Gatha by Kshullak Ganeshprasad Varni which were published in 1949 and 1960.
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Pannalal Jain edited Shri Ganeshprasad Varni Smriti Granth in 1974.
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Pannalal Jain had served as a guide to prominent monks and nuns.
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Pannalal Jain assisted Acharya Vidyasagar in starting discourses on Dhavala texts in Sagar in 1980.
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Pannalal Jain often advised Aryika Vishuddhamati when she headed the Mahilashram at Sagar.
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Pannalal Jain was associated with the Jain institutions at Dronagiri and Bada Malahara.
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Pannalal Jain assisted in the Gajrath festival at Khajuraho in 1981.
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Pannalal Jain was associated with the Digambar Jain Vidyaparishad, a leading council of scholars, during 1946 to 1985.
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Pannalal Jain was honoured by the President of India for his educational contributions to teaching of Sanskrit in 1969.
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Pannalal Jain is best known for his translations and commentaries of Sanskrit Puranic literature including Mahapurana, Uttarapurana, and Padmapurana.
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Pannalal Jain has composed several vratodyapana texts based on classical Sanskrit sources.
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Pannalal Jain was given title Vidya-Varidhi by the Sagar shravakas in 1976.
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On 8 March 2001, at the Kundalpur Tirth, in the shadow of Lord Adinath Bade Baba, Pannalal Jain laid down his body, having entered his final meditation.
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Pannalal Jain's statue has been placed on Namak mandi tiraha, one way.
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Achala Pannalal Jain, who wrote her dissertation on his contributions to Sanskrit literature, was awarded a PhD by the Indore University.