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[[File:Dahilaxmi Library.jpg|thumb|Tripathi founded Dahilaxmi Library at [[Nadiad]]|left]]
[[File:Dahilaxmi Library.jpg|thumb|Tripathi founded Dahilaxmi Library at [[Nadiad]]|left]]
Tripathi was associated with several [[Literary society|literary associations]] in Gujarat. He was one of the founder members of Farbus Gujarati Sabha and was a member of [[Buddhivardhak Sabha|Buddhi Vardhak Sabha]]. In 1870, he founded Dharma Sabha in Ahmedabad and became editor of its organ ''Dharmaprakash''. He founded the Dahilakshmi Library in Nadiad in memory of his wife Dahilakshmi.<ref name="GVK"/> He was appointed as a fellow of [[Mumbai University]], and was appointed a [[justice of the peace]].<ref name="Manishankar Govindaji 1902"/> In 1866–67 ([[Vikram Samvat]] 1923), Gokulji Zala, a [[dewan]] (a senior [[government official]]) of [[Junagadh state]], heard a lecture by Tripathi at Bombay, and was impressed. Later Zala appointed Tripathi as one of agents of Junagadh state at Bombay.<ref name="Manishankar Govindaji 1902"/>
Tripathi was associated with several [[Literary society|literary associations]] in Gujarat. He was one of the founder members of Farbus Gujarati Sabha and was a member of [[Buddhivardhak Sabha|Buddhi Vardhak Sabha]]. In 1870, he founded Dharma Sabha in Ahmedabad and became editor of its organ ''Dharmaprakash''. He founded the Dahilakshmi Library in Nadiad in memory of his wife Dahilakshmi.<ref name="GVK"/> He was appointed a fellow of [[Mumbai University]], and was appointed a [[justice of the peace]].<ref name="Manishankar Govindaji 1902"/> In 1866–67 ([[Vikram Samvat]] 1923), Gokulji Zala, a [[dewan]] (a senior [[government official]]) of [[Junagadh state]], heard a lecture by Tripathi at Bombay, and was impressed. Later Zala appointed Tripathi as one of agents of Junagadh state at Bombay.<ref name="Manishankar Govindaji 1902"/>


==Works==
==Works==
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Tripathi led a conservative school of Gujarati writers.<ref name="Diwanji1932—1933">{{cite journal|last=Diwanji|first=Prahlad C.|title=Nāgara Apabhraṁśa and Nāgarī Script: A Review|date=1932–1933|journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute|volume=14|issue=3/4|publisher=[[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]]|page=268|jstor=41682433}}{{closed access}}</ref> He was one of the earliest and strongest proponents of a highly [[Sanskritized]] Gujarati language. He insisted on removing all words of Persian, Arabic or English origin from Gujarati and replacing them with Sanskrit words. As a result of this [[Ramanbhai Neelkanth]], a liberal intellectual and a proponent of Western culture, targeted him in his novel ''[[Bhadrambhadra]]'' in which the protagonist insists on using highly Sanskritized language.<ref name="Patel1995"/>
Tripathi led a conservative school of Gujarati writers.<ref name="Diwanji1932—1933">{{cite journal|last=Diwanji|first=Prahlad C.|title=Nāgara Apabhraṁśa and Nāgarī Script: A Review|date=1932–1933|journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute|volume=14|issue=3/4|publisher=[[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]]|page=268|jstor=41682433}}{{closed access}}</ref> He was one of the earliest and strongest proponents of a highly [[Sanskritized]] Gujarati language. He insisted on removing all words of Persian, Arabic or English origin from Gujarati and replacing them with Sanskrit words. As a result of this [[Ramanbhai Neelkanth]], a liberal intellectual and a proponent of Western culture, targeted him in his novel ''[[Bhadrambhadra]]'' in which the protagonist insists on using highly Sanskritized language.<ref name="Patel1995"/>


Tripathi also tried to popularize the [[Devanagari]] script by writing several works in it, but he was unsuccessful.<ref name="Diwanji1932—1933"/> His style of Sanskritised Gujarati was followed by his younger cousin Govardhanram Tripathi in his epic novel ''[[Saraswatichandra (novel)|Sarswatichandra]]''. [[Manilal Dwivedi]] (''fl''. 1882–1898), a Gujarati writer, was also a follower of Tripathi.<ref name="Shukla1991">{{cite journal|last=Shukla|first=Sonal|title=Cultivating Minds: 19th Century Gujarati Women's Journals|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1991/43/review-womens-studies-review-issues-specials/cultivating-minds-19th-century-gujarati|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|date=26 October 1991|volume=26|issue=43|issn=0012-9976 |eissn=2349-8846|page=64|via=[[Economic & Political Weekly|EPW]]}}{{closed access}}</ref>
Tripathi also tried to popularize the [[Devanagari]] script by writing several works in it, but he was unsuccessful.<ref name="Diwanji1932—1933"/> His style of Sanskritised Gujarati was followed by his younger cousin Govardhanram Tripathi in his epic novel ''[[Saraswatichandra (novel)|Sarswatichandra]]''. [[Manilal Dwivedi]] (''fl''. 1882–1898), a Gujarati writer, was also a follower of Tripathi.<ref name="Shukla1991">{{cite journal|last=Shukla|first=Sonal|author-link=Sonal Shukla|title=Cultivating Minds: 19th Century Gujarati Women's Journals|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1991/43/review-womens-studies-review-issues-specials/cultivating-minds-19th-century-gujarati|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|date=26 October 1991|volume=26|issue=43|issn=0012-9976 |eissn=2349-8846|page=64|via=[[Economic & Political Weekly|EPW]]}}{{closed access}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==