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had always excelled. Besides Nannūl of the celebrated Pavanandi, there are other treatises such as Nēminātham by Gunavirapandita, Yāpparungalakkārigai by Amritasāgara Muni. Srīpurānam in prose and Mērumandara purānam in verse are two other Jain works, expository of religion and theology. The above list is by no means exhaustive. A large number of Jain works treating of various branches of learning unfortunately lie buried in the archives of Matams. It is to be hoped that enlightened South Indian Jains will bring them to the light of day and thus enable us to realise what great part the Jains had played in the literary history of South India.
