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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
is aroused against the treacherous minister of his father, and, after many adventures, in the course of wbich he marries a number of princesses and wealthy heiresses, ho attacks and kills the usurper in battle. IIc ruled the kingdom as an ideal king, and when old age doprived active life of all its charm, he settled his son on the throne and betook himself to a forest and lived the life of an ascetic.
The style is a close imitation of Bana's, though lacking the peculiar grace of that unparalleled master of Sanrkrit prose. The longest compounds of Bana have it musical diction about them, and the lengthiest sentence of his, extending as it does over seven or eight pages of closely printed matter, is still perfect in unity and balance. It is to be regretted that, apart from the numerous philosophic commentaries, there are not a dozen classical prose works in Sanskrit—though the present work must be ranked as one of the best among them. Such a book might occasionally replace the works of Bana and Dandin as a text-book for the B. A. or M. A. examination of our Indian Universities. The book derives additional importance from the fact that it is the production of a Jaina, others of whose persuasion, like Amara * * * * have left a permanent influence on Sanskrit literature.
A SHORT HISTORY
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THE TANJORE NAYAK PRINCES
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SELECT OPINIONS. PROFESSOR K. SUNDARARAMA AIYER M.A., Govt. Col. lege Kumbakonam.-* * * * I feel still more so for sending me so valuable a gift as your most instructive pamphlet on the Nayaka dynasty.
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