Book Title: Perspectives in Jaina Philosophy and Culture
Author(s): Satish Jain, Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Ahimsa International

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________________ He was a Jaina saint used to travel from one place to another He wrote several works His most popular work is Mayana Jhujha which was completed in the year 1527 A D, His other works are Santosh Jaya Tilaka, Baramasa, Chetana Pudgala Dhamala, Neminatha Basontu, Tandana Gita, Bhuvankırtı Gita, Nemi Gita and eleven other Gitas composed in various Ragas Voochraj was a devoted scholar as such his works are purely Rajasthani works His way of description is very simple and also interesting Acharya Somakırıtı was a great saint and scholar of his time Six works so for have been made available, Out of them Yashodhar Rasa is his biggest work describing the life of King Yashodhara The work was completed in Samvata 1536 Chaturmla (1584 A D) was a famous poet of 16th century and belonged to Gawalior His main work is “Nemiswara Ka Urgano" composed in the year 1524 A D Brahma Jayasagara 1523--1600 A D was one of the main pupils of Bhattaraka Ratnakirti, of whom he has mentioned the name in most of his works His twenty works, big as well as small, are available Brahma Rayamalia, was a great Rajasthani poet who contributed more than 15 works to Rajasthani literature He completed Nemishwara Rasa in the year 1558 AD Hanumanta Rasa in 1571, Sudharshana Rasa in 1572, Shripala Rasa in 1573 and Bhavisyadatta Chaupai in 1579 A D In his other eight works he has not mentioned the dates of their completion Out of his fifteen works, Bhavisyadatta Chaupai was very popular and is available in most of the Jaina Grantha Bhandars of Rajasthan His way of describing the things is very attractive He wrote all his works for common people, using very simple language in them Bhattaraka Tribhuwana Kırtı was contemporary to Brahma Rayamalla He was a great saint of his times He was the pupil of Bhattaraka Udaisena, Two works, namely, Jivandhara Rasa (1549 AD) and Jambusvamı Rasa (1568) have been found so far Both the works remained very much popular and were liked by the people Kushala Labha was a popular Rajasthani poet His two works--Dhola Maru and Madhavanala Kamkandla Chaupai are very much famous and popular He completed both the works in the year 1559 and 1560 A D respectively for Kunwar Har Raj, son of Rawal Maldeva of Jaisalmer His Dhola Maru become so much interesing that several manuscripts are available in the Jaina Grantha Bhandaras of Rajasthan 64

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