Rajkumar Mahabal

Author(s): Pushkar Muni, Devendra Muni
Publisher: Laxmi Pustak Bhandar

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: so much popular that independent biographical books like “Trishashti-shalaka Purush-charitram', 'Adinath-charitram', 'Shantinath-charitram', 'Mallinath-charitram', 'Neminath-charitram', 'Mahaveercharitram' and of many Tirthankaras like 'Chakravarti Vasudev', ‘Baldev', etc. were written and by weaving hundreds of digressions in that whole pattern, the books were made palata ble and detailed ones.
The Jain preceptors wrote many interesting story-books on the subject of the method of narrations also. The narrative stories like 'Tarangvali' of Padliptasoori, ‘Samarichchakaha', “Updeshapada', Udyotansoori's ‘Kuvalayamalakaha", Vijayasinhsoori's 'Bhuvansundari Katha', Jineshwarasoori's ‘Nirvan Leelavati Katha', etc. are the principal and famous books written in story-style.
In the creations of storybooks the development of a third style also came forth. We have them today in the form of 'Kathakosha' or 'Katha