Sahu Todar, was a supervisor of the royal mint at
Agra
Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...
during the rule of Mughal Emperor
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
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With his patronage,
Pande Rajamalla
Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is a surname found among the communities of Brahmins in India and ...
had composed ''
Jambuswami
Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira. He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained '' Kevala Jnana'' (omniscience). He is bel ...
Charitra'' in 1575.
His son Sahu Rishabhadas was also a patron of scholarship. Pandit Nayavilasa had written a commentary on
Shubhachandra's
Jnanarnava
''Jnanarnava'' (Sanskrit: ज्ञानार्णव, IAST:''Jñānārṇāva'', Meaning: Ocean of Wisdom on Meditation) is an important Jain text in Sanskrit on various topics useful to the mendicant but focuses primarily on meditation. ...
.
Hindi
16th-century Indian Jains
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