Rang Avadhoot

Works Rang Avadhoot was fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, English and Sanskrit.

Under the pen name of Ganjeri, he started writing columns on contemporary issues in dailies. Between 1918 and 1925, he wrote and translated several works. He translated Ernest Howard Crosby's Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster as Tolstoy Ane Shikshan (1924) in Gujarati. Upanishadni Vato (1924) and Vishnupuranni Varta (1924) are his works on the Upanishads and Vishnu Purana. Girvahbhasha Pravesh 1-2 (1924) is a work on Sanskrit grammar which he prepared for students when he taught Sanskrit in a school. Sadbodhshatakam-Balbodhini (1924) is a commentary on shlokas (verses) selected by Kaka Kalelkar from Bhartṛhari's Śatakatraya and dedicated to the students. He also co-translated Leo Tolstoy's What Shall We Do Then? as Tyare Karishu Shu? (1928) in Gujarati with Narhari Parikh. His other works during this period include Rentiyanu Rahasya, Swaraj-Kirtan, Ahinsa Etle Shu?, columns published under title of Bhangno Loto.

After accepting asceticism, he wrote about 45 works mostly focused on spirituality and devotion to Dattatreya. He wrote Bhajans (devotional songs) collected under the title Avadhooti Anand (1931). Ranghridayam (1932) has stotras (hymns) on knowledge and devotion. His Shri Guruleelamrit (1934–36) contains more than 19,005 dohras (couplets) divided in three volumes and 148 chapters. He composed Dattabavani (1935), a 52 stanza poem dedicated to Dattatreya which is popular in Gujarat. Patrageeta (1939) is a collection of 16 letters about spirituality addressed to his friend Amrutlal Modi. Rangtarang (1951) is a collection of Marathi Abhang Bhajans. Amar Adesh (1955) is a collection of his various lectures. Shrirang Patramanjusha 1-2 (1975, 1986) is a collection of letters addressed to friends and relatives. Sangeetgeeta is an original verse translation of the Bhagwad Geeta in Gujarati.

His other major works (some published posthumously) are Ranghridayam (1932), Nareshwar Mahatmya, Shri Vasudevnam-Sudha, Vasudev Saptashati (1970), Shri Saptashati Gurucharitra, Dattayag-paddhati (1973), Shri Gurumurti Charitra, Prashnottargeeta (1976), Datta Namsmaran.