However, he persisted and became profoundly versed in Jain logic and rose to become a professor at Banaras Hindu University.

In 1904, he joined Shri Yashovijaya Jain Sanskrit Pathshala at Benaras, where he studied philosophy and linguistics, focusing his early years on mastering the Siddha-Hema-vyakarana, an eighth-century text on Prakrit grammar.

[5] He devoted most of his time to writing and editing a number of valuable works in Sanskrit, Hindi, and Gujarati.

He threw new light on the history of Buddhist philosophy by editing Archata's commentary on Dharmakirti's Hetubindu.

After retirement from Banaras Hindu University in 1944, he came back to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan where he worked with Jain monk Acarya Jinavijayaji.

[5] The essays in this compilation touched on several topics, including cattle-breeding, untouchability, women's rights, and language politics in India.

[5] Young Sukhlalji was inspired by the writings of Pandit Nathuram Premi, who was to become a close family friend.

Sukhlalji always insisted on learning of Pali Canon for understanding Jainism and encouraged young Padmanabh Jaini to visit Sri Lanka to study Buddhism.

Some of the luminaries he worked with include Muni Jinvijay, Muni Punyavijaya, Acarya Prem Suri, Pandit Nathuram Premi, Pandit Jugalkishore Mukhtar, Dr. Hiralal Jain, Dr A. N. Upadhye, Dr. Mahendrakumar Nyayacarya, Prof. Dr. Padmanabh Jaini, Dr. Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania and Dr. Nagin J. Shah.

President of India, Dr. Radhakrishnan, himself a reputed philosopher and scholar paid glowing tributes to Sukhlalji by saying that his life was that of an ascetic performing Jnanayajna (Worship of Knowledge).