Devidas Vilas

Author(s): Vidyavati Jain
Publisher: Ganeshprasad Varni Digambar Jain Sansthan

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Devidāsa-Vilāsa is a mejestic Work
late 18th century. Its Composer Devidāsa was a gifted poet of leli-Hindi. Besides, he was a highly ive, spiritually inclined individual : natured philosopher. He had comcommand on expression, classical
of stanza and the varied literary 5. Also, he was a master of the rent kinds of musical modes and
dies.
The scholarly introduction to the
contains a delailed exposition and nentary on these and the other as
of Devidāsa-Vilāsa. It is indeed ting to note that such a popular and Harly poet of his times who gave deli-Hindi a strong literary base, has ined rather unknown and neglected
o long.
-..... The Hindi world is greatly ined to Dr. (Smt.) Vidyawati Jain, who restored the present work its rightful
and has carried out the delicate task liting and making a critical and comtive study. She has rendered a great ice to the literary world by unfolding many facets of the personality and tivity of the poet.