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A CREATIVE GENIUS : SHRIMAD JAYACHARYA
[Jaya was a born poet. He composed FaTTATGT wbile he was a child of eleven and translated arraut get in Rajastbadi poetry in the eighteenth year of his age.
He composed three and half lacs anuştups and was the first to render cononical texts in lyrical form. W at he is a unique Jain encyclopaedic scripture containing 60906 interpretative verses, composed in Rajasthani poetry, representing 329 rägas and rāginis of Indian classical music.
He interpreted all the writings of Acharya Bhikṣu, the funder. He regulated the Order by constituting a set of rules of conduct called maryādā.
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Shrimad Jayacharya established a new record in respect of quality as well as quantity in the history of Rajasthani literature by composing as many as 128 works, equivalent in volume to 3.5 lacs of Anuştup verses (each verse containing 32 syllables). As regards the subject matter of these works, it comprises religion, philosophy, spiritualism, history and such other subjects in the form of memoirs, epics, stories and didactic narratives through prose, poetry, and versified translations which are the best representatives of Rajasthani literature. The credit of giving the status to literature of Rajasthani language and also preserving and enriching its vocabulary squarely goes to him. The vocabulary of ancient and mediaeval Prakrits and Apabhramsa language was extensively drawn upon by him in his works to e Rajasthani language as well as literature
He embellished the literature of Rajasthani and also brought to limelight the basic elements of the Rajasthani culture. A realistic depiction of the various facets of the Rajasthani folk-life has found place in these works in the context of family and social environment. While his poetic compositions are resonant with the melodies of the Rajasthani folk-songs, his prose writings have successfully reflected the glorious inheritance of folk-tales and narratives embodied in the folkliterature of Rajasthan. . Among the literary compositions of Jayacharya, the Bhikṣudrstänta etc., fall under memoirs, the Upadeśaratna-kathākošo under
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