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learned man, a pandit, but for greatness a noble spotless life has to be lived.
So, greatness is achieved not by logic and intelligence but by living a clean, noble, pious life. A. great man achieves his greatness by his mode of living.
It is difficult to narrate the life of any great man. Lives of great men cannot be bound in any set limits nor according to one's beliefs and prejudices. To describe the life of any great person fully is as difficult as describing the brilliance of the sun, the coolness of the moon, the heights of a mountain range, the depth of an ocean or the fragrance of a flower. All these are great not because of any descriptions written about them. They are great and awe-inspiring in themselves, even though no one may write about them.
The same thing applies to the lives of great men. Still we like to read their lives and write about themjust as a poet likes to sing the praise of the sun, the moon, the mountain, the ocean or a flower.
Kalikal Sarvagna Acharya Hemchandrasoori is also one such great personality whose life, even
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