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we see the flowering of all religions. Particularly, the Jain religious literature of the Tapagaccha and Kharataragaccha' monks had reached the heights of popularity during this period. This is the reason why we see huge repositories of Jain manuscripts all over Rajasthan.
In the beginning of the 16th century, the divine love of Radha and Krishna found its greatest exponent in vallabhacharya (ca, -16th, 17th century), the founder of the cult of Sri Nathji. His followers were the famous Ashtachap3, poets (eight famous poets of brajabhasha) who concentrated mainly on the Bhakti aspect of the doctrine. Towards the end of the 16th century, under the guidance as Keshavadasa, the auther as Rasikapriya and Kavipriya, and many other poets and writers, Brajabhasha poetry became the main source of inspiration to Rajasthani painters. For this, the artists had to devise a suitable mode of expression. The heiratic Western Indian style with its rigid formulae could hardly cope up with the lyrical and expressive element of the Vaishnava poetic works and therefore a new mode of expression had to be evolved which could combine the Vaishnava devotion and the tender romantic appeal of common expression. These elements are perceivable in the painted documents of that period. Slowly, the popularity of
1. Ram Vallabh Somani. Maharana Kumbha (Hindi) (Jodhpur 1968. P. 191) 2. Kanthmani Shastri. Kankroli Ka Itihasa (Kankroli 1939 P. 13)
3. Shridhar Andhare. Chronology. P. 41.
4. Shridhar Andhare. Chronology
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