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'''Nischaldas''' (1791-1860<ref name="JSS_1981"/> or 1792–1863<ref name="ND_1999"/>) was a Hindu saint and writer. He wrote many books on [[Vedic and Sanskrit literature|Vedic]] themes,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/HindiBookSriVicharSagarOfSadhuNischaldasWithHindiTikaByPitambara1917|title=Hindi Book Sri Vichar Sagar Of Sadhu Nischaldas With Hindi Tika By Pitambara 1917|website=Archive.org|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref> the most popular of which is ''Vichara Sagar'', an important work on the [[advaita]] philosophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vicharasagara.com/|title=विचार सागर | Vichara Sagara | Vedanta in Depth}}</ref>{{unreliable source inline|reason=self-published blogger website|date=March 2023}}

==Life==

Nischaldas was born in Kidholi village of Kharkhoda tehsil Sonipat district of present-day [[Haryana]], in 1791<ref name="JSS_1981">{{cite book |editor=Jagdish Saran Sharma |title=Encyclopaedia Indica |volume=2 |year=1981 |publisher=S. Chand |page=888 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWtDAAAAYAAJ }}</ref> or 1792.<ref name="ND_1999">{{cite book |author=Nonica Datta |title=Forming an Identity: A Social History of the Jats |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=40 |isbn=978-0-19-564719-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBBuAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> His family belonged to the [[Dahiya (Jat clan)|Dahiya]] ''[[gotra]]'' of [[Jats]].<ref name="ND_1999"/>

After a few years, he moved from Punjab to Delhi, where he met his Guru Amaradas. He stayed with him for 14 years learning various aspects of Hindu philosophy. Then he moved to Kashi to learn [[advaita]]. He then undertook a tour of India, teaching various aspects of philosophy. He finally settled down in Delhi and passed away in 1863.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/364258254/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE|title=விசார சாகரம்|website=Scribd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vichara-sagaram-by-swami-paramarthananda/|title=Arsha Avinash Foundation | Vichara Sagaram by Swami Paramarthananda|first=Arsha|last=Avinash}}</ref>

==Works==
*Vriti Prabhakar
*Vichara Sagar<ref name="cwsw">{{cite book|author1=Swami Vivekananda|authorlink1=Swami Vivekananda|title=The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda|date=2015|publisher=Manonmani Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdNpCgAAQBAJ&dq=Vichara+Sagara&pg=PT1732|accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref>
*Yukti Prakash
*Tatva Siddhant

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Hindu saints]]
[[Category:Advaita Vedanta]]
[[Category:Advaitin philosophers]]
[[Category:1790s births]]
[[Category:1860s deaths]]

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