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Naya-karņikā
The Punyaprakāsa-stavana or Ārādhanā-stavana, was composed in d.Y. 1729 on Vijayā Daśamī, in glory of the last Tīrthamkara Mahāvīra, in answer to a question 'How can the path of salvation be attained ?'
The Vinaya-vilāsa is a collection of 37 spiritual poems which are simple, sweet, and full of pathos.
The Srīpāla-Rāsa is the author's long descriptive and narrative poetical work, which was left unfinished on account of his sudden death, in S. Y. 1738, at Rānder (in Gujarat), and was completed by his costudent, Srī Yaśovijaya Upādhyāya, as stated before. The poetry of our author can vie with that of the premier Gujarati poet, Premānanda, who was his contemporary.
In the end, it can be said of the author that he has rendered a valuable service to the cause of Jainism by utilizing his abilities in writing useful works on its philosophy and religion in Sanskrit and Gujarati.
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