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'''Nishkulanand Swami''' (1766–1848) was a [[Paramahamsa|paramhansa]] and swami of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]a.<ref name="isbn8125014535">{{Citation | author= Sujit Mukherjee | author-link= Sujit Mukherjee | title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850 | publisher=Orient Blackswan | year=1998 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC |isbn=81-250-1453-5 |access-date=May 7, 2009}} Page 265</ref><ref name="Williams189">{{Harvnb|Williams|2001|pp=189}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Nishkulanand Swami was born on 16 January 1766 to a [[Suthar]] family residing in a small village called Shekhpat, near [[Jamnagar]], in present-day [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sadhu Ishwarcharandas|title=Satsang Reader Part III|year=2009|publisher=Swaminarayan Aksharpith|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-81-7526-293-5|pages=37}}</ref> His parents were Rambhai and Amritbai, and he was named Lalji at birth.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sadhu Ishwarcharandas|title=Satsang Reader Part III|year=2009|publisher=Swaminarayan Aksharpith|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-81-7526-293-5|pages=37–38}}</ref> He grew up to be an expert at carpentry.<ref name=isbn8125014535 />

He became a follower of [[Swaminarayan]] after the passing of his Guru-preceptor [[Ramanand Swami]].<ref name="Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot">{{cite web|title=Vairagyamurti Shri Nishkulanand Swami|url=http://www.rajkotgurukul.org/swaminarayan-sect/nand-santo/nand-saints/vairagyamurti-shri-nishkulanand-swami/|publisher=Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>

It is said that when [[Swaminarayan]] wished to leave this world, he informed Nishkulanand Swami 3 days in advance and asked to prepare a palanquin for his bier. Nishkulanand Swami prepared it during night only. When he left the human body, all the other saints asked him to prepare a palanquin. He said, "It is ready" and brought it. Everyone asked him, "When he was alive, how did you prepare it?" He replied, "I am a heavy-hearted obedient servant. Any damn or any hard order may be, I must obey it."<ref name="NS">{{Citation|url=http://www.vadtal.com/our-saints-6.html |title=Nishkulanand Swami – An ideal non-attachment |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007204416/http://vadtal.com/our-saints-6.html |archive-date=October 7, 2007 }}</ref>

He was a strong renunciant. In [[Swaminarayan Hinduism]], Nishkulanand Swami is regarded as an ideal example of [[vairagya]], or non-attachment to worldly objects. His name implies this "Nishkul" meaning one who is devoid of family ([[Maya (illusion)|maya]]).<ref name="Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot" /> His poetic creations displayed this intense sense of detachment. He died in VS 1904 at the age of 82 while residing in [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera|Dholera]].<ref name="Sadhu Ishwarcharandas 2009 47">{{cite book|last=Sadhu Ishwarcharandas|title=Satsang Reader Part III|year=2009|publisher=Swaminarayan Aksharpith|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-81-7526-293-5|pages=47}}</ref>

== Works ==

Nishkulanand Swami composed a scripture named '''Bhaktachintamani,''' which describes the life of Swaminarayan along with his sermons and his activities.<ref>{{cite book|last=Deshpande|first=Arvind|title=Western India: History, Society, and Culture|year=1997|publisher=Itihas Shikshak Mahamandal|page=47}}</ref> He has also composed twenty two other scriptures on various subjects (Purshottam Prakash, Yamdanda, Dhirajakhyan, Chosathpadi, among others) which are compiled as '''Nishkulanand Kavya'''.<ref name=isbn8125014535 /><ref name="Sadhu Ishwarcharandas 2009 47" /> He continued writing scriptures until his death. He was also a poet and composed many [[kirtan]]s, or devotional songs, and poems.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sadhu Ishwarcharandas|title=Satsang Reader Part III|year=2009|publisher=Swaminarayan Aksharpith|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-81-7526-293-5|pages=47–49}}</ref>

The swing with the twelve doors in the [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal|Vadtal Temple]] and the carved wooden doors in the inner temple of the [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera|Dholera Temple]] are a few of his works of art. In [[Gadhpur]] he used to display his artistic skills during [[Diwali]] celebrations by presenting decorative plants and trees adorned with kindling lights and lighted canopy to cover the seat of Swaminarayan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nishkulanand Swami|url=http://www.swaminarayan.info/HolySaints/Display.asp?bookID=85|publisher=Shree NarNarayan Dev Gadi|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{citation
|last=Williams
|first=Raymond
|year=2001
|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=978-0-521-65422-7
}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071007204416/http://vadtal.com/our-saints-6.html Nishkulanand Swami – An ideal non-attachment]
* [http://www.swaminarayan.info/NandSantos/saintdetails.asp?scode=4 Nand Santos – Nishkulanand Swami]

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