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Dear Sir,

>>If the purpose was to condemn buddhism PALI  would have been used<<

There is no condemnation of anybody, rather glorification of the Lord. During 
Deshikars time, it is Jainism more than Buddhism that prevailed besides 
Hinduism. The languages in everyday use in that part of India  were Tamil, 
Telugu and Hale Kannada. None of the other saints during that time from that 
part composed anything in Prakrit. So the argument that Deshikar composed in 
Sanskrit to focus women and common folks is less valid. After all he has 
composed elaborate prabandhams in Tamil. Even the Jains were probbaly not using 
Prakrit at that time. Unlike Sanskrit, Prakrit had lost the status of literary 
language by then. Nevertheless because the earlier Jain works were in Prakrit, 
Deshikar may have used it to sing the glory of the Lord in a language that is 
sacred to Jains. 

DdAsan

K. Sreekrishna Tatachar



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