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- ↑ Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 24.
But the most important among them is Dasopant. He was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of Narayanpeth, later settled at Ambejogai in Marathwada in 1551 A.D.
- ↑ Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology. Sahitya Akademi. 1997. ISBN 9788126003655.
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