18vI.n shatAbdike antame.n aur 19vI.n shatAbdike Adime.n) DhunDhAhaDadesh (rAjasthAn)ke savAI
jayapur nagarame.n is ‘mokShamArga-prakAshak’ gra.nthake rachayitA, nirgrantha-vItarAgamArgake paramashraddhAvAn,
sAtishay buddhike dhArak aur vidvatjanamanavallabh AchAryakalpa pa.nDitapravar shrI ToDaramalajIkA
uday huA thA. Apake pitAkA nAm jogIdAs tathA mAtAkA nAm ra.nbhAdevI thA. Ap
‘kha.nDelavAl’ jAti va ‘godikA’ gotraj the. (‘godikA’ vah sa.nbhavataH ‘bho.nsA’ aur ‘ba.DjAtyA’
nAmak gotrakA hI nAmAntar hai.) ApakA gR^ihastha jIvan sAdhan sa.npanna thA.
samayame.n hI jainasiddhAnta uparAnta, vyAkaraN, kAvya, Cha.nd, ala.nkAr, koSh Adi vividh viShayo.nme.n
Apane dakShatA prApta kar lI thI. hindI sAhityake digambar jain vidvAno.nme.n ApakA nAm khAs
ullekhanIy hai. hindI sAhityake gadya lekhak vidvAno.nme.n Ap pratham koTike vidvAn gine jAte
hai.n. vidvattAke anurUp ApakA svabhAv bhI vinamra va dayAlu thA. svAbhAvik komalatA,
sadAchAritA Adi sadguNo.nse ApakA jIvan sushobhit thA. aha.nkAr to Apako sparsha hI
nahI.n ka ra sakA thA. saumyamudrA parase ApakI A.ntarIk bhadratA tathA vAtsalyatAkA parichay sahaj
hI ho jAtA thA. ApakA rahanasahan bahut hI sAdagImay thA. AdhyAtmikatA to Apake
jIvaname.n otaprot ho gaI thI. shrImadbhagavatkundakundAchAryAdi maharShiyo.nke AdhyAtmik gra.ntho.nkA
ho jAte the. sa.nskR^it tathA prAkR^it
thA. ApakA AchAr va vyavahAr vivekayukta tathA mR^idu thA. Apake dvArA rachit gommaTasAr,
labdhisAr, kShapaNAsAr, trilokasAr, AtmAnushAsan aur puruShArthasiddhiupAy AdikI bhAShATIkAye.n
tathA is ‘mokShamArgaprakAshak’ nAmak ApakI svata.ntra rachanAke avalokanase yah j~nAt hotA hai
ki us samayame.n Apake jaisA svamat-paramatakA j~nAtA shAyad hI koI ho.