Mahamahopadhyaya Kaviraja Muraridan Ashiya (1830 — 1914) served as the Dewan (Prime Minister) of Marwar during the reign of Jaswant Singh II (1873–1895).
Kaviraja is remembered as an astute politician and a farsighted administrator, who made significant contributions to the history of Marwar.
Sir Pratap left India to participate in the China campaign, leaving the administration in the hands of a special committee consisting of Kaviraja Muraridan and Pandit Sukhdeo Prasad.
The committee's most important achievement was the execution of famine relief operations based on modern principles, and the introduction of Imperial currency (1900) in the State.
[7][5] Kaviraja Muraridan was one of the founding members of Rajputra Hitkarini Sabha and signatory of the meeting held in Ajmer on 10 March 1888, as representative of the Charanas of the Jodhpur State.
[6] However, in 1941, his jagir of Luni lapsed back to the state as due to the absence of a direct heir, a result of the Morishala laws that he passed.
[4] Kaviraja Muraridan was not only a skilled administrator but also a prolific writer and a renowned scholar of multiple languages, including Dingal, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Braj.
His works include:[6][4] This is a voluminous text, an exceptional modern treatise on alankāras, the essence of which is 'Jasavaṃtabhūṣaṇa' and has also been printed in Sanskrit translation.