Jivanhitam

Author(s): Nyayavijay
Publisher: Jain Yuvak Sangh

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Foreword
"God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men And bring them back to heaven again. [ Longfellow ].
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Muni Mahārāja Nyāyavijayaji is one of the greatest of the Jaina monks,- he is a singer sent on earth by God, with a view that he might rouse the dozing and yawning society, which has been becoming a ghost of modern civilization, to a sense of duty and religion, by pouring down in its ears the sweet and holy tunes of music from the lyre of his nonsectarian religious preaching.
Jivana-Hitam is one of the lustrous jewels, presented by Muni Shree Nyāyavijayaji to the public in general. The sweet Sanskrita verses, composed by Munishri himself, have an inscrutable magic about them, which secretly guides as on to the path advantage ous to our life's glorification. Who can ever