It is very sad to report that Professor Bansidhar Bhatt (1929-2016), one of the stalwarts of Jaina-Studies in the last forty years, has passed away on 4 September 2016. Professor Bhatt was awarded the degree of Dr. Phil. from the Free University of Berlin in 1977 on The Canonical Nikṣepa: Studies in Jaina Dialectics (Leiden 1978). He was Professor of Indology at Panjab University in Patiala 1977-1985 (Mahāvīra Chair for Jaina Studies) and from 1985 until his retirement at the University of Münster in Germany. Professor Bhatt is renowned for his outstanding work on technical Jaina philosophy. Most of his ground-breaking articles have been re-published by the Sharadaben Chimmanbhai Educational Research Centre in Ahmedabad in 2005. Despite his deteriorating health, Professor Bhatt was able to complete his last book on the Jina Pārśvanātha this year.   
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