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His sister Sumitra Bai (1928–2002), earned Sahityaratna and Vidyalankar degrees and served as the head of Jain Mahilashram in Sagar and later took [[diksha]] in 1964 and was named [[Aryika]] Vishuddhmati ji. She wrote Samadhi Deepak, Shraman Charya, Nirwan Kalyanak & Diwali Pujan Vidhi, Shravak Suman Sanchay, Trilokasara, Ashtottara-shatanama-stotram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=3384&cat=41 |title=on www.jainsamaj.org ( Jainism, Ahimsa News, Religion, Non-Violence, Culture, Vegetarianism, Meditation, India. ) |publisher=Jainsamaj.org |date= |accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> She took [[sallekhana]] in 2002 at Nandanwan Dhariyavad (Rajasthan).<ref>Pujya Vishuddhmati Mataji http://www.jainworld.com/society/jainevents/Pujya%20Vishuddhmati%20Mataji.htm</ref> | His sister Sumitra Bai (1928–2002), earned Sahityaratna and Vidyalankar degrees and served as the head of Jain Mahilashram in Sagar and later took [[diksha]] in 1964 and was named [[Aryika]] Vishuddhmati ji. She wrote Samadhi Deepak, Shraman Charya, Nirwan Kalyanak & Diwali Pujan Vidhi, Shravak Suman Sanchay, Trilokasara, Ashtottara-shatanama-stotram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=3384&cat=41 |title=on www.jainsamaj.org ( Jainism, Ahimsa News, Religion, Non-Violence, Culture, Vegetarianism, Meditation, India. ) |publisher=Jainsamaj.org |date= |accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> She took [[sallekhana]] in 2002 at Nandanwan Dhariyavad (Rajasthan).<ref>Pujya Vishuddhmati Mataji http://www.jainworld.com/society/jainevents/Pujya%20Vishuddhmati%20Mataji.htm</ref> | ||
His younger brother Pandit Nirmal Jain was also a poet, author and a scholar of Jainism. He has been active in promoting vegetarianism and ahimsa. He | His younger brother Pandit Nirmal Jain was also a poet, author and a scholar of Jainism. He has been active in promoting vegetarianism and ahimsa. He died in 2020 or 2021 at the age of 88.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/shivpuri/news/pandit-nirmal-jain-is-no-longer-the-one-who-awakened-the-life-of-compassion-and-vegetarianism-127375806.html दुखद:जीव दया और शाकाहार की अलख जगाने वाले पंडित निर्मल जैन नहीं रहे, Bhaskar, June 5, 2020]</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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* Prathamacharya [[Shantisagar]]ji aur [[Bhattaraka]] Parampara, 2004. | * Prathamacharya [[Shantisagar]]ji aur [[Bhattaraka]] Parampara, 2004. | ||
More than a hundred of his articles have been published in various magazines, papers etc.He was well known orator of Jain and Hindu Philosophy and regularly invited for delivering talks. He was associated with many national committees related to Jainism such as Shree [[Digambar Jain Mahasabha]], Akhil Bhartiya Vidwat Parishad, [[Shravanbelgola]] Managing Committee etc. | More than a hundred of his articles have been published in various magazines, papers etc. He was well-known orator of Jain and Hindu Philosophy and regularly invited for delivering talks. He was associated with many national committees related to Jainism such as Shree [[Digambar Jain Mahasabha]], Akhil Bhartiya Vidwat Parishad, [[Shravanbelgola]] Managing Committee etc. | ||
He was the first scholar to identify the Bade Baba image at Kundalpur<ref>Niraj Jain, Kundalpur, Anekanta, April 1964, page 43</ref> as an image of Lord [[Rishabh]] based on the hair and images of [[Chakreshvari]] devi and Gomukha Yaksha. | He was the first scholar to identify the Bade Baba image at Kundalpur<ref>Niraj Jain, Kundalpur, Anekanta, April 1964, page 43</ref> as an image of Lord [[Rishabh]] based on the hair and images of [[Chakreshvari]] devi and Gomukha Yaksha. | ||