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classic comprehensive and well- constituted. Then one may ask, can a pious householder (like Valluvar) possess such deep scholarship? Yes, Pandit Asadhara (1300 A.D.), who composed notable works like the Sagara-dharmāmrta-Nectar of Ethical Discipline for the Householder and the Anagāra-dharmamrta - Nectar of the Ethical Discipline for the monk, was a householder. Pandit Todarmal (close of 181h cent. and beginning of 19th cent.A.D.), who was a pious householder and who lived almost like a sage has to his crcdit learned commentaries on ancient Prākrit and Sanskrit works and also an original work entitled Mokşamārga-Prakasaka, which is a proud possession of every personal and public library for the pious- minded in North-India.
To conclude Tiruvalluvar, the author of the Tirukkural, the great Tamil classic, was an erudite Jain houscholder and poet of cxceptional ability. He was a close disciple of a Jaina Sage of the rank of Elācārya and also had developed in himself ecletic attitude and catholic spirit. All these factors have influenced in shaping the plan, design contents and spirit of his Tirukkural, which is rightly acclaimed as world classic.
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