Bhagwan Parshwanath  edited by Dr. H.C. Bharill  Lesson 9
(Samvat 1750-1806)  Bhudhardasji occupies an important place
amongst the old Jain poets of spiritualism and detachment. His
verses and lyrics are sung with great respect in the religious
community.  He lived in Agra and was born in Khandelwal Jain
community, as is clear from the last verses of his Jain Shatak.
He was a great scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit. Three of his
writings are available at present, Jain Shatak, Parshwapuran and
Pad-Sangraha. Jain Shatak includes one hundred verses which are
very easy and conducive to detachment.  Parshwapuran can be
included in the list of great epics of Hindi literature. It
describes the life of the twenty-third Tirthankar Bhagwan
Parshwanath. It is of great poetic value and has very
interesting exposition of many principles of Jainism.  His
spiritual lyrics which are dear to the public, easy to follow
and full of poetic qualities regale the minds of the people even
today.  The present lesson is based on his Pa