He had written more than 300 books including 20 novels, 21 short story collections, 7 plays and 66 short biographies. Jaybhikhkhu was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, biographer, children's writer and journalist. He died on 24 December 1969 in Ahmedabad. He had decided to follow four rules in his life: never do a job, not take any property from his father, not give his son any property and earn living through writing. He was impressed by Govardhanram Tripathi's Saraswatichandra. He was influenced by religious environment in his family, his education in Jain philosophy and poetics. He received Nyayatirtha from Culcutta Sanskrit Association and Tarkabhushan from Shivpuri Gurukul. He studied Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati and English literature as well as Jain philosophy and poetics during these eight-nine years. When this institute moved, he moved to Kashi, Agra and at last to Gurukul at Shivapuri in Gwalior state. He left school and joined Shri Veertatva Prakashak Mandal in Vile Parle, Bombay founded by Vijaydharma Suri. He received secondary education till level 3 in English medium from Tutorial Highschool, Ahmedabad. He received his primary education in Botad and in Varsoda near Vijapur. His mother died in Wadhwan when he was four so he spent his childhood in his maternal uncle's home. His father had served as an administrator of the Varsoda State and other principalities. Jaybhikhkhu was born on 26 June 1908 at Vinchhiya, a village in Saurashtra to Virchand Khemchandbhai Desai and Parvatibahen. Jaybhikhkhu with Dhirubhai Thaker (right), around 1948
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