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Suprabhātam: A Didactic work of
Ācārya Mahāprajña
– Lopamudra Bhattacharyya
Ācārya Mahāprajña is an eminent philosopher in modern times. In postindependence period Acarya Mahaprajna's thinking enriched the Sanskrit literature in both the ways, quantitative and qualitative. His style of expression is simple but subject matter never leaves the spontaneous elasticity of logical manner. He is the Acarya of the Terapanth Jain sect of Svetambara Jain community. His perfect life style is worthy to his perfect thinking. Here one of his books named as Suprabhātamis being reviewed as a post independence composition in the field of Sanskrit literature. In the introduction about the book some vital points are being discussed. The name Suprabhātam simply means - 'good morning'. Morning has a special significance in human life. The phrase 'morning shows the day'can justify the value of morning for a day. Morning is the beginning of a day, not a day means a day only, but the beginning of the duties to the world around of a human being, rather it is to be said, a prerogative achievement of birth. Every beginning has an end and is related with the result directly. So a good beginning is the most important condition for the best result at the end. Here the name Suprabhātam is not only a language generally used for exchanging of greetings within the sphere of social life but has a philosophical value to which Mahāprajña points blank.
Right conduct is the essential quality for a human being. The idealism is constructed upon the basis of two main theme-a) philosophy of idealism, b) to follow the philosophy in practical life in a professional manner. In modern times it is easily seen that
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