A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s45.12

v3.c44.s45.12

Raghunātha was intimately associated with the Mahrāṭṭa saint Rāmadāsa (A.D. 1608–1681), 236 the preceptor of Śivājī. 237 He was for a long time (about 1648–1683) in charge of the temple of Raghupati, the headquarters of Rāmadāsa at Chaphal in the Sātārā district, lying on the Man, a tributary of the river Kṛṣṇā. After Śivājī's death (1680) he seems to have settled in Tanjore, where a Mahrāṭṭa kingdom had been established about 1678 by Ekoji Bhosala, 238 the step-brother of Śivājī. Raghunātha speaks of Dīpāmbikā, also called Dīpābāī, Ekoji's queen, as his patroness.