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Identifier: chicagoprashnott00atma Title: The Chicago prashnottar, or questions and answers on Jainism for the Parliament of Religions held at Chicago, U.S.A. in 1893 Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: Atmananda, 1836-1896 World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Subjects: Jainism God (Jainism) Publisher: Agra : Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image: sent Jainismat the Parliament. He was the author of a number of works in VI Hindi. The important works are as follows:—Tatwanirnaya Prasad (cF^j^jqsnCT^), JainaTatwadarsha (^cf^I^r), Agnantimir-bhasker(?RWwfclfwoi 1*^), Sainayktwa Shalyodhar (SR3I-^Ft^T5^SCR), and Chicago-Prasnottar (f^EFTift Many Jain temples were built in the Punjabby his teaching. About 15000 persons were con-verted to Jainism by his strenuous efforts. ManyPathshalas and Libraries were established by himin the districts of the Punjab and in differentother parts of the country. Spending his life in doing good deeds hepassed away from this world in Vikram year1953, Jyesta Shukla 13, in Gujranwala (Punjab).The event of his death was mysterious. Atmidnight he got up from bed and sat in theposture of Padmasana. He called his pupilsbefore him and said to them i Oh, Now I go,Arhan V Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And departing leave behind usFoot prints on the sands of time/ { Longfellow.)

Text Appearing After Image: THE SHRINE OF LATE MAHAMUNI SHRI ATMARAMJI GUJRANWALA (PUNJAB) V. 1953. ^< ijwfa*R*tter?reT firm** imi(^ ^ft^^ft) ( 2 )Introduction. The following letter was received by ShriShri Tapagachhacharya Nyayambhonidhi Shri-mat Vijayananda Suri, popularly known as ShriAtmaramji, through the Jain Association ofIndia, Bombay. Worlds Congress Auxiliary Committee on Religious Congress,Rev. John Henry Barrows D. D., • Chairman,Chicago U. S. A. November 16th 1892. 2330 Michigan Ave.Mr. Atmaramji, Bombay,India.Please address meWilliam Pipe, 2330 Machigan Ave,Chicago, United States of America.Dear Sir, There will be mailed to you in the course ofa week an appointment as a member of the Ad-visory Council of the Parliament of the Relegions ( 3 ) to be held in Chicago in 1893. In the meantimethe Chairman instructs me to ask you if youwill kindly forward to me at your earliest con-venience two photographs of yourself and ashort sketch of your life. These are to beused in preparing the illustrated ac

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