Lived in Maharashtra from 1533 to 1599. Composed a work on a dialogue between a Hindu Brahmin and a Muslim, the Hinduturkasamvada, in which the one makes fun of the other's religious practices. Not exactly up to the standards of modern interfaith dialogue.
Eleanor Zelliot, A Medieval Encounter between Hindu and Muslim: Eknath's Drama-poem Hindu-Turk Samvad, contained in: Fred W. Clothey, ed., Images of Man: Religion and Historical Process in South Asia, New Era Publications (Madras 1982), pp. 171-195.
