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topics and on his request he completed the Bavani in the year 1486 A.D. It is in Rajasthani fully influenced by Apabhramsa. This is his only work which has been discovered so far. Two manuscripts of the work have been searched out, of which one is in the Abhaya Granthalaya, Bixaner and the other one is in the Grantha Bhandar of Tholia Jaina temple, Jaipur. The whole Bavani is in Chaappaya metre. Some of the verses are of High standard composed in a strong and good literary style
2. CHIHALA.
He was Rajasthani poet of 15th and 16th Century. The place where the poet was born and lived is not known so far but it is certain that the poet was a Rajasthani scholar' as his work are generally preserved in the Grantha Bhandars of Rājasthan He was Agarwal Jaina and his father's name was Nathu. Upto this ume five small works written by him have been discovered. Panca Saheli Gita was composed in the year 1517 A. D. His other works are Panthi Gita, Bawani and two small Gita called Udar Gita and Veli. "Bāwāni" which was completed in the year 1524 A. D. has been discovered recently in the Sastra Bhandar of Tholia Jaina temple, Jaspur Acarya Rāma Candra Sukla and Dr. Ram Kumar Varma' have also wrote a few lines about the poct, but they had given only the description of Panca Saheli Gita
All his works are not published so far. His works though small one are full of literary merits. All his works are written in Rajasthani language. Two verses of Panca Saheli Gita are as follows
Rajasthani Bhasa aur Sahitya p 149-50
2 पनरेरी पीचोतरे, पूनम फागुण माम । पचम हैली वररणवी, कवि छोहल परगास ||
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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan
चउरामी श्रागलइ सइ जु पंद्रह मवछर ।
मुक्ल पस्य अष्टमी मास कालिंग गुरु वासरु || हृदय उपनी बुद्धि नाम श्रीगुरूको लीन्हउ |
सारद तर उ पसाइ कवित्त मपूरण कीन्हउ || नाव्हिंग बसि नाथु सुतनु अगरवाल कुल प्रगट रवि ।
बावनी बसुधा विस्तरी कवि ककरण छील कवि ।।
4 Hindi Sahitya ka itihasa-Samwat 2007 p 198.
5. Hindi Sahitya ka Аlocanatmak Itihasa p. 324-448
