[2][3] He was born on 26 November 1825 in Malataj, a village in Petlad, Gujarat.

He worked with Gujarat Vernacular Society and Dharma Sabha and edited their two journals, Buddhiprakash and Dharmaprakash.

He had a long career of twenty five years as a researcher and scholar.

[6][7] He also compiled, with J. V. S. Taylor, Dhatusangraha (1870), an etymological dictionary of Gujarati roots.

[2] Hitopadesh Shabdartha (1870) and Vaisheshik Tarksaar (1898; posthumously) are also his significant works.