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Summary: A concise point by point outline of each Vachanamrut to help remember and review the Vachanamrut. •Quiz: An array of questions and answers to help you self-assess your understanding of the Vachanamrut. •Reading Plan: Make a reading plan of your preferred Vachanamruts and follow it in your daily reading. •Transliteration: Read an English transliteration of the Vachanamrut and all of the above.

Content and user interface improvements

New Features Information on: •Difficult words: Regional, scriptural and philosophical words which may need further clarification are explained in simple terms. •Complex Concepts: Some concepts are difficult to comprehend and may cause confusion. Such concepts are explained in a simple structured manner with scriptural references and the words of the Gunatit Guruparampara. •People: Brief descriptions of people mentioned in the Vachanamrut are also provided. These include people contemporary to Bhagwan Swaminarayan as well as historical people such as those in the Purans. Pauranik kathas (stories) that Bhagwan Swaminarayan has mentioned to exemplify certain concepts are also described in detail to give the reader the full context. •Scriptures and Places: Short introductions to the scriptures and places are also provided. The exact locations, where the Vachanamruts were narrated, are also depicted through maps and images. •Shlokas-Kirtans: References and meanings of the shloks as well as the kirtans mentioned in the Vachanamrut. •History: The historical events associated with Vachanamruts are mentioned in detail to make the context of the Vachanamrut clearer. •Explanations: Discourses relating to sadhana (spiritual endeavours) have been explained with supportive material from Purushottam Bolya Prite, Swami ni Vato, and the teachings of the Gunatit Guruparampara. This additional information helps to unfold the deep meaning of the Vachanamrut. •Glory: The significance and greatness of the Vachanamruts in the words of the Gunatit Guruparampara. •Prasangs: Inspiring prasangs, relating to the Vachanamruts, as mentioned by the Gunatit Guruparampara and other santo-bhakto. Other facilities: •Summary: A concise point by point outline of each Vachanamrut to help remember and review the Vachanamrut. •Quiz: An array of questions and answers to help you self-assess your understanding of the Vachanamrut. •Reading Plan: Make a reading plan of your preferred Vachanamruts and follow it in your daily reading. •Transliteration: Read an English transliteration of the Vachanamrut and all of the above. PLEASE NOTE: Existing iOS Vachanamrut Study App (version 2) users will not see their old notes when they update the app, these notes are still safe as long as they do not uninstall the app. They will be able to see them in a future update. We apologize for any inconvenience.

1. Support for Retina displays 2. Support for iPhone 4, 5, 6, 6+, iPad 2 and above. (All devices IOS 7 and above) 3. Landscape orientation support 4. Full screen display of text 5. Swipe in expand/collapse side-drawer menu for TOC 6. New feature- Tags. You can tag a paragraph within a chapter and get a list of sortable tags later 7. Support for Gujarati mode everywhere including chapter titles, notes, tags 8. Search across all Vachanamruts and within current Vachanamrut in both English and Gujarati (requires Kakko keyboard for Gujarati) 9. Stability and performance improvements 10. Dynamic text size, color (3 color modes White, Black, Sepia) 11. Adjust screen brightness from within the app 12. Sorting and viewing of notes, tags, bookmarks by date, chapters, alphabetical 13. Ability to delete note, tag, bookmark directly from list 14. Notes, tags are highlighted and it scrolls to the location where the note or tag was applied when you select the note from the list of notes, tags etc. 15. Ability to navigate to next and previous Vachanamruts using navigation buttons at the bottom 16. Bug fixes for certain Vachanamruts not appearing. 17. Bug fixes for Sanskrit fonts not appearing in certain places. 18. We now use directly embedded Sanskrit fonts so font scaling works correctly even for Sanskrit verses. 19. Cleaner, more intuitive UI and color scheme 20. English font is more readable and aesthetically pleasing.

Fixed bugs in Search.