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Every thing is of course in strict accordance with Jaina orthodoxy as might he expected from so eminent a Yati; but he is not a narrow-minded zealot. Though he does in no way spare the heterodox systems, still he is of a truly catholic spirit, especially in an admirable passage (p. 1220-7) where he eloquently declares that all truly religious men adore the same Supreme God, seek the same Law and strive after the same Highest Good, though they may use different words for expressing these true ideas. (P. XVII)
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As a specimen of popular sanskrit style, as understood a thousand years ago, the Upamitibhava Prapancha Katha is of great interest, and it is worth while to notice some of the linguistic peace-liorities found in this work,... ...In this respect Siddharsi went further than most Jain writers, and he did so on purpose. For to him the subject matter, the moral truths he wanted to inpart to his reader, were of paramount importance, and everything else, style, and language, was subordinate to it. He likens his work to a wooden bowl, not to one of costlier materials, 'since it lacks high-flower words and ideas.' It is a proof of his original and independent spirit that he adopted his speech to the understanding of the general reader and employed idioms and words which no Pandit would ever have used in a sanskrit composition.
(P. XX & XXI)
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