The (, Devanagari: शिक्षापत्री) is a religious text consisting of two hundred and twelve verses, written in by Swaminarayan in about 1826https://www.swaminarayan.faith/scriptures/en/shikshapatri Shikshapatri (in English) The original text is no longer available, but was translated into Sanskrit by Sahajanand Swami, Page 230 who incorporated into and compiled the scripture known as Satsangi Jivan. Further translations have been made into a number of other languages.https://www.swaminarayan.faith/scriptures/ebooks Swaminarayan's Shikshapatri in Various Languages
On 26 February 1830, at Rajkot, Swaminarayan presented a copy of the Shikshapatri to Sir John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay. This copy is now housed at the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford. Page 57 Sri Swaminarayan, Digital Shikshapatri, Bodleian Library, Oxford University
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External links Digital Shikshapatri Provides a wide variety of online resources which set the Shikshapatri in its historical, cultural and religious context - The oldest copy of the Shikshapatri in the world today is shown, in digital form. MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 72 Images available in Digital Bodleian