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Kavivar Budhjan ji's hymn "Dev Darshan Stuti" starts with "Prabhu Patit Pavan". This prayer is a very soulful hymm. This short hymn of the poet is very famous in the entire Jain community. But it is surprising to know that most of the Jain brothers and sisters do not know about the author of this hymn. His ancestors lived in Amer, then in Sanganer and finally in Jaipur(Dhundhar region). Poet Budhjan ji himself was a resident of Jaipur. We are proud to mention this that Jaipur was his birthplace and Jaipur was his workplace. According to the Kursinama/ genealogy, the real full name of the poet Budhjan ji was Vadhi Chand Baj. Some people used to call him either affectionately or in local language pronunciation as Bhadichand and Budhchand ji. He used a pseudonym/takhallus Budhjan/budh for writing in poems and verses. He belonged to the Baj gotriya Khandelwal caste (Saraogi jain). He himself was a musician and being a skilled singer, his songs were filled with the trinity of calm, flow and joy. He has composed hundreds of verses in various ragas and raginis. There is no mention of his personal introduction or information related to his birth,upbringing,education, Occupation(biography) in the poet's works. At the end of his works, he has mentioned his literary Pseudonym/’upnam’ 'Budhjan/Budh' and the period of composition. On the basis of his works, the time of his birth and death has been estimated that the poet must have been born around 1763 AD and died around 1838 AD because his first work was in 1778 AD and the last work was in 1838 AD. The poet had a sharp mind, hence if the poet had started writing at the age of fifteen, then his birth date could be 1763 AD and none of his works were available after 1838 AD. - on this basis, it is assumed that the time of death would be 1838-39. 1778 AD-1838 AD was his period of literary creation. The minimum estimated period of the poet's life is 75 years from 1763-1838 AD, his life span could be 5-7 years more on either side.

For livelihood the poet may also have been working on some post in state service, or elsewhere may be the then Diwan Amarchand had special affection for him, hence it is also possible that the poet worked at the Diwan ji’s office. In his work 'Panchastikaya Bhasha', he has mentioned Diwan Amarchandji in the following manner –

“संगही अमरचंद दीवान मोकु नही दयावर आन I पंचास्तिकाय की भाषा रचो, सो अघ हरो धर्म विस्तारो” II

He was born at a time when Jaipur Jain society was terrorized by the fear of the state. On one hand, fights between Shaivites and Jains and looting of Jain temples were common.During that period, practicing the religion of Jain community had become difficult due to Shyamgardi. The prosperity of the Jain community was becoming a thorn in the eyes of the non-Jains, on the other hand the community was divided into two parts due to the fights between Terapanth (Todarmal ji supported) and Beespanthi (Bhattarak Kshemendra kirti -bhattarak period 1758-1765AD and Bhattarak Surendra kirti ji-II bhattarak period 1765 -1795 AD,Poet Bakhtaram Shah of chaksu). In those days, there was a tradition of studying through shaili only. Shaili- means Goshthi (Meeting), which was the center of creation of Hindi Jain literature. Agra,Ajmer,Gwalior,Jaipur and delhi were main centre during 18th and 19th century. Kavivar budhjanji developed his poetic talent through shaili and became high class poet .

'Your Vidya Guru Pt. Mangilal ji taught you with great diligence.' The poet budhjanji mentioned this with great reverance in his work 'Tatvarth Bodh'.

Bhattaraka supporters came to be known as Beespanth, while those of the spiritual shaili came to be known as Terahpanthi. At that time, public opinion had started forming against the religious activities of the Bhattarakas. During the lifetime of the great poet Banarsidas of agra(200 years before Budhjanji), spirituality shaili took the form of Terahpanth.later it started to spread in the 17th century into rajasthan first into kama and then in to sanganer.Amara bhosa of sanganer led its spread far and wide. In his earlier days poet himself was a Terahpanthi but he did not support any sect/panth . He was popular among both the sections of the society. Poet Budhjan ji did not want to write his self-introduction. In this he may have felt the smell of pride, but this does not diminish his greatness. He was a well-known poet. The more he tried to stay away from us, the more his immortal poetry brought him in contact with us. Spiritual literature and construction of a beautiful Digambar Jain temple are his two great contributions to the jain community. Temple introduction On the insistence of Diwan Amarchand ji (Diwan period 1803 AD-1835 AD), poet Budhjan ji built a Jain temple 'Shri Digambar Jain Mandir Budhchand Ji Baj' Tikkiwalo ka rasta, Kishanpole Bazaar, Jaipur in 1807 AD ( vikram samvat 1864 Kartik Sudi Baras). According to Vyas's pamphlet - 'Built in the reign of Maharajadhiraj Shri Sawai Jagat Singh II by Badhichand Baj in Samvat 1864’. The year of construction V.S.1864 is also written above the gate inside the premises of the temple adorned with the inlay work in the flower petals made of white marble stone. In all the lists of temples, it is famous by the name of Badhichand Ji Baj temple, but according to the trustee of the temple, the name of the builder is Budhchand Ji Baj. The descendants of Kavivar live in front of Sanghiji ka mandir, Baj house ,Maniharo ka rasta , Mahaveer Park, Jaipur. Temple is dedicated to Lord Chandraprabhu consecrated in 1795 AD and is seated on Samavasarana. The temple is full of art and inlay work.The Samavashran is in the centre below the huge dome made of Makrana marble.Recent renovation of the temple and samavasharan with golden art work has given it a spectacular look. On the lower stairs of Samavashran there are two marble urns one on each

side of the chakradhari indra which were placed during the time of construction of the temple. There is a wooden door in the centre made of beautiful brass cut lattices and a partion of stone lattice. There are beautiful new murals in the Chowk, in which Kundalpur-Damoh, Shri Sammed SikharJi-Giridih-Jharkhand, Swastidham-Jahajpur- Bhilwara have been depicted. One can view trilok ki rachna on the ground floor.The temple has a collection of about 200 handwritten texts, which are cataloged and kept safe in the locked almirah of the temple.The area of the temple is approximately 5000 sqft and there are rooms and shops on the ground floor. This temple is Guman Panth Amnaya ("pure form of Terapanth" sect named after Pt. Gumaniramji son of the great poet Todarmal ji). The poet's purity and renunciation, 'Samay Pay', 'Chet Bhai',‘Moh Tod', 'Vishaya Chhod', 'Bhog Ghata'are inscribed on the walls of his temple.

There were 100 Jain temples in Jaipur during the poet's lifetime. When Jain poet Shri Swaroop Chand Ji Bilala visited the temples of Jaipur city in 1835 AD, he had listed the names of 81 temples – Budhjan Ji s temple was also included in his poem.

"चौधरयां को मंदिर है सही, अवर बगीची को सुभ कही꠰ बधीचंद बज को अभिराम, इमली नीचे अवर सुठाम" II

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