Raṇchoḍjī Amarjī (1768—1841) was an author and the chief minister (diwan) of Junagadh state under the Babi dynasty.
[2] Like some other natives of Junagadh, he had contracted a dislike of Pushtimarg, the Vallabh form of Vaishnavism, and he went so far as not to name any member of his family with a name which would have even a remote tinge of that cult.
[3][4][5][6] However, when he installed the liṅgam of Budheśvar, he ordered the worship of the deity to be the done in the same fashion as the Puṣṭimārga sevā rituals.
Postans, who saw him reposing under a vine-clad bower surrounded by a number of amanuenses, sitting on Persian carpets, says that, ...his large black eyes lustrous as burning lamps, were illumined by the fire of intellect within, and he was an acknowledged patron of poets, men of science and literary genius.Ranchhodji knew Gujarati, Sanskrit and Persian languages.
Chandipath is Gujarati version of a rhapsody, Durga Saptashati, narrating the forms and adventures of the goddess Shakti.