Book Title: Rajkumar Mahabal
Author(s): Pushkar Muni, Devendra Muni
Publisher: Laxmi Pustak Bhandar

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________________ 15 sangrama'. Jineshwarasoori's 'Kathakoshaprakarana', Amradevsoori's 'Akhyanaka Manikosh', Harishena's 'Bruhatkathakosha', Dharmadasha Mani's 'Updeshmala', 'Vardhaman deshna' written by Shubhavardhamangani etc. are various story-lotuses and these story-books are spreading the smell of good inspirations through short illustrations. Over and above these, the learned preceptors have written many stories-books at different times by sellecting some Pauranik Figure or independent forms. These were written in Prakrit languages, then there was Sanskrit styles and the Age of Apabhranshas came, when they were written in Apabhranshas and then many a Jain poets enriched the store of Goddess Saraswati by writing in Rajasthani-mixed Gujarati. Their works were in the forms of Rasas, Chaupais, which were very interesting, agreeable and inspiring story-poems. Because difference. in traditions, the distance and because

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