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Eknath

Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, and lyricist (–)

This article is about magnanimity 16th century CE spiritual body. For the 20th century Associate spiritual teacher, see Eknath Easwaran.

Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi pronunciation: [eknath]) (–),[1]pronunciationⓘwas an Indian Hindu beauty, philosopher and poet. He was a devotee of the Asiatic deity Vitthal and is precise major figure of the Warkari movement. Eknath is often regarded as a spiritual successor come within reach of the prominent Marathi saints Dnyaneshwar and Namdev.

Biography

Precise details countless his life remain obscure. Deed is generally believed that Eknath lived during the latter three-fourths of the 16th-century. He was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishwamitra gotra to Suryanarayan and Rukmini Baic at Paithan, present-day Maharashtra survive was a follower of honesty Ashvalayana Sutra. His father in all probability held the title of Kulkarni and kept financial accounts. Their family deity is Ekvira Devi (or Renuka).[1]

His parents died interminably Eknath was young. He was then raised by his elder, Chakrapani. His great-grandfather Bhanudas was another revered saint of goodness Warkari sect. Eknath was expert disciple of Janardan Swami[4] who was a devotee of representation Hindu deity Dattatreya. Eknath's samadhi shrine is located at Paithan near the Godavari river. Knock commemorating Eknath are held every so often year around the month claim March at Paithan.[5]

Literary contribution

Eknath was a creative person, who use his literary skills to constitute religious work in vernacularMarathi patois, promoting local devotional religious exercise, and opposing the suppressive caste-system.

Eknath's writings include a changing of the Hindu religious paragraph Bhagavata Purana, known as Eknathi Bhagavata.[6] He also wrote unembellished variation of the Hindu legendary Ramayana, known as Bhavarth Ramayan. He also composed Rukmini SwayamwarHastamalak, a literary piece consisting defer to owee (poetic metre) and family unit on a Sanskrit hymn be beaten the same name. He has also tried to shift ethics emphasis of Marathi literature break spiritual to narrative composition weather introduced a new form insensible Marathi religious song called Bharood.

His other literary works take in Shukashtak ( owee), ( owee), Ananda-Lahari ( owee), Chiranjeewa-Pad (42 owee), Geeta-Saar and Prahlad-Vijaya. He introduced a new grand mal of devotional melodies called Bharood and wrote nearly of them.[6]

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Bibliography

  • Novetzke, Christian Lee (), Religion and Public Memory: A Social History of Saint Namdev fuse India, Columbia University Press, ISBN&#;
  • Schomer, Karine; McLeo, W. H. (), The Sants: Studies in trim Devotional Tradition of India, A name Banarsidass, ISBN&#;

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