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The fact is uncertain that whether the writer of this poem was a Jain or non-Jain. No mention found in any of the manuscripts. After analyzing the opinions of other scholars and considering the evidence provided by the text itself K. B. Vyas concluded that this is not the work of a Jain, but probably
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in many respects. In an age when all worthwhile literature was invariably linked up with religion, this poem broke new ground by portraying the exotic sentiment of the common man, eschewing all mythological references. Its language has a rare freshness ad elegance, with a wide classical
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from well-known classics, the internal alliteration in every verse replete with wonderful imagery, and restrained portrayal of the erotic, render it unique in
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of all manuscripts have no details about the author, but according to some scholars the poem was composed by Muni Deva, uncle of
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