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birth place has not been mentioned in any of his works. He completed his Pradyumna Raso at Ranthambhore fort (1568 A. D.) and Bhavisya-Datta-Katha at Sanganer (1576 A. D.). His other works are Hanumat Rasa (1559 A. D.). Sudarsana Raso (1562 A. D.), Nemisvara Rāsa and Nirdosa Sapatma Vrata Katha. All the works are very popular and therefore their manuscripts are available in several Bhandaars of Rajasthan. In his Bhavisya-Datta-Kathā, he describes himself and the City of Sanganer as follows:
मूलसघ शारद शुभ गछि,छोडी चार कषाय निरमछि । अनतकीति मुनि गुरणह निधान, तासु तने सिग्व कीयो बखोरण ।। ब्रह्म रायमल थोडि बुधि, अरथ पद की न ल है सुधि । जैमी मति दीनै प्रौकाम, व्रत पञ्चमी को कीयो परकास ।। जो इह कथा सुरणे दे कान, काल लाहवि पहुंचे निरवान । मौलहम तैतीमा सार, कातिक सुदी चौदमि सनिवार । म्वाति नक्षत्र सिद्धि शुभ जोग, पीडा न च्यापै न रोग । दस ढढाहड सोभा घणी, पुज तहा अलि मण तणी। निर्मल तले नदी बहु फिरे सुग्व मे बमै बहु सागानेरि । चहुँ दिशि वगणया भला बाजार, भरे पटोला मोतीहार । भवन उतुग जिनेश्वर तगा, सोमै चदवा तोरण धणा । गाजा राज भगवतदास, गजकवर मेवहि बहु तास । परजा लोग मुग्व मुग्व बर्म, दुखी दलिद्री पुग्ये प्राम । श्रावक लोग बसे धनवत, पूजा करहि जयति अाहत । उपरा उपरी वैर न काम, जिहि पहिमिद मुर्ग सुग्व वाम ।
All the works written by him are still unpublished
8 ANANDAGHAN:
He was a Rajasthani Jaina saint and is regarded as one of the best spiritual poets amongst the Jaina scholars of both Digambara and Swetāmbara. Anandghan was a great scholar and his works Anandghan Caubist and Anandghan Bahottari are considered to be the works of high siandard in Rajasthani and Hindi. It is a pity that still a complete description about Anandghan has not so far been published. According to some scholar he was born in the year 1603 A.D. and di.d at the age
