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which stored for ever ideas and images he came across. was able to apply his mind to a hundred things at a time (this fact accounts for his being named S'atavadhani) and was very scrupulous in the observance of every rule, rite, great or small, fulfilling the lofty traditions of an ideal monk. Thus, his qualities of head and heart stood him in good stead in developing to the full his career as a Sadhu, the exclusive features of which were service to Jainism and Jain religion as also to literature. In his approach to social reform, he balanced the no-change attitude of the times with the welcome elements of progressivism. Thus, he served as a bridge between the old and the new. His successful steering of the Brhat Sadhu Sammelan is an instance in point. His literary talent was much above the average which he brought to bear upon the whole of his stupendous output. To sum up, he stands supreme even to-day as an ideal monk and a gifted writer. The void created by his death in the Sthanakvasi Jain Community at a large is still not filled up.
As hinted before, Munis'ri had two aspirations of which one was to live up to the highest standards of monkhood and the second was to serve the cause of literature as best as possible.
He was a prodigy who ren embered what he read. It was difficult for him to unlearn what was once learnt and to forget what he once came across.
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