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The Mira Bai of the popular imagination, then, is an intensely anachronistic figure by virtue of that anticipatory radical democracy which propels Meera out of the historicity that remains nonetheless ascribed to her. She goes beyond the shadowy realms of the past to inhabit the very core of a future which is embodied within the suffering of a ...
[10] [11] [12] According to Chaitanya Charitamrita, Chaitanya was born in Nabadwip (in present-day West Bengal) on the full moon night of 18 February 1486, at the time of a lunar eclipse. [13] [14] [15] While still a student, his father died, and he soon married Lakṣmīpriyā.
[10] Medieval era texts, such as the Bhaktamal suggest that Ravidas was the disciple of the Brahmin bhakti-poet Ramananda. [11] [12] He is traditionally considered as Kabir's younger contemporary. [2] However, the medieval text Ratnavali says Ravidas gained his spiritual knowledge from Ramananda and was a follower of the Ramanandi Sampradaya ...
Narsinh's bhajans belong to the genre "deshi" in Gujarati, which is also known as "pad" as a close similar in North Indian languages. Both styles anchor in the traditional meters and popular tunes and rhythms. He is known for ragas common during the morning time, spring, and rainy season. [2]
A possible explanation is Jayadeva's friendship with Nimbarkacharya, [50] the first acharya to establish the worship of Radha-Krishna. [51] Nimbarka, in accordance with the Sahitya Akademi 's Encyclopaedia, more than any other acharyas gave Radha a place as a deity.
According to Christopher Snedden, the name Kashmir is a shortened form of "Kashyapa Mira", or the "lake of the sage Kashyapa". Alternatively, it may come from a Kashmiri or Sanskrit term that means "to dry up water". It could also have been derived from the term "Kashyapa Meru", which means the sacred mountains of Kashyapa. [20]
Meeraji's literary output was immense but he published very little of his poetry during his lifetime. However, Khalid Hasan, in his article "Meera Sen's forgotten lover," [citation needed] records that during Meeraji's lifetime four collections of Meeraji's works were published by Shahid Ahmed Dehlavi, and one by Maktaba-e-Urdu, Lahore.
Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. In the Romance languages , it is related to the Latin word ''mirus'' for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In Slavic languages , it means 'peace' and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: Miroslav ), Mirjana, or Sławomira (masculine form ...