[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884) › c21.93 # Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c21.93 Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c21.93 - **Language:** English ### [c21.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.93) The great Marâṭhâ \*sâdhu\* or saint Jñâneśvara or Dnyâneśvara as his name is ordinarily pronounced, flourished during the reign of \[118\] Râmachandra. At the end of his Marâṭhi commentary on the Bhagavadgîtâ he tells us: "In the Kali age, in the country of Mahârâshṭra and on the southern bank of the Godâvarî, there is a sacred place five \*kos\* in circuit, the holiest in the three worlds, where exists Mahâlayâ, who is the thread that sustains the life of the world. There, king Râmachandra, a scion of the Yadu race and the abode of all arts, dispenses justice, and there a vernacular garb was prepared for the Gîtâ by Jñânadeva, the son of Nivṛittinâtha, sprung from the family of Maheśa."⁶⁰ The date of the completion of the work is given as Śaka 1212 or A. D. 1290, when we know Râmachandra was on the throne. - [Previous: c21.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.92) - [Next: c21.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.94) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21) ## Cites (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c21.93) · Pramāṇa