Vijaydharmasuri

Author(s): A J Sunavala
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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80 LITERARY ACTIVITY OF THE MONK enlivened, greatly add to the value and attractiveness of the book.
Another monthly journal, called Dharmābhyudaya, has been started in Agra, the result of Vijaya Dharma Sūri's preaching in that place. It devotes itself to articles written in Hindi, Gujarati and English on literature, history, archaeology, art, and such other subjects of great utility and interest.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCHES
Since the last few years Vijaya Dharma Sūri has been showing phenomenal energy in archaeological and historical researches in connexion with Jainism, and has been collecting rich and valuable material, both manuscript and epigraphical, thus giving a new proof of his great versatility and talents. Some important results of his efforts in this direction have already appeared. One is a monograph bearing the title Devakula-pātaka, in which the author has given an interesting sketch of the history of Delwada, a small village in Mewar. The treatise contains the text of twenty-six inscriptions found on the images and amongst the ruins of the temples, and the decipherment of these inscriptions throws considerable light on the antiquities of the village. Another important publication of an historical character is a series of works called the Aitihāsika Rāsa Samgraha, the object of which is to publish such Jain Rāsas as appear to possess historical value.