7-662: Eknathi Bhagwat is a book written by Sant Eknath of the Marathi faith. This is major work of Varkari Sampradaya . Eknath had begun writing the Eknathi Bhagwat in Paithan finishing it in Varanasi . The text contains a total of 18,798 owee (poetic metre). Dnyaneshwari and eknathi bhagwat are texts based on the same principle and supplement mutually. Dnyanehwari contains The message given to Arjun by Shri Krishna whereas bhagwat contains
14-679: The Hindu epic Ramayana , known as Bhavarth Ramayan . He also composed Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak , a literary piece consisting of 764 owee (poetic metre) and based on a Sanskrit hymn of the same name. He has also tried to shift the emphasis of Marathi literature from spiritual to narrative composition and introduced a new form of Marathi religious song called Bharood. His other literary works include Shukashtak (447 owee ), https://shikshaved.com/category/marathi-essay/-Sukha (510 owee ), Ananda-Lahari (154 owee ), Chiranjeewa-Pad (42 owee ), Geeta-Saar and Prahlad-Vijaya . He introduced
21-609: The massage given to Uddhava. Bhagwat includes 31 chapters out of which the first 5 chapters were written in Paithan and the rest of 26 in Varanasi. Eknath took reference from Sanskrit Acharya Shridhar while writing on bhagwat. The text begins with worshiping lord ganesh. This article related to a book about Hinduism is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sant Eknath Eknath ( IAST : Eka-nātha, Marathi pronunciation: [eknath] ) (1533–1599), pronunciation
28-400: The month of March at Paithan. Eknath was a creative person, who utilized his literary skills to compose religious work in vernacular Marathi language , promoting local devotional religious practice, and opposing the suppressive caste-system. Eknath's writings include a variation of the Hindu religious text Bhagavata Purana , known as Eknathi Bhagavata . He also wrote a variation of
35-448: Was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet. He was a devotee of the Hindu deity Vitthal and is a major figure of the Warkari movement. Eknath is often viewed as a spiritual successor to the prominent Marathi saints Dnyaneshwar and Namdev . Precise details of his life remain obscure. It is generally believed that Eknath lived during the latter three-quarters of the 16th-century. He
42-539: Was another revered saint of the Warkari sect. Eknath was a disciple of Janardan Swami who was a devotee of the Hindu deity Dattatreya . He was against caste distinctions and spread the message that there was no distinction in God’s eyes between Brahmin and outcaste or between Hindu and Muslim. Eknath's samadhi shrine is located at Paithan near the Godavari river. Celebrations commemorating Eknath are held every year around
49-501: Was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishwamitra gotra to Suryanarayan and Rukmini Bai at Paithan, present-day Maharashtra and was a follower of the Ashvalayana Sutra. His father probably held the title of Kulkarni and kept financial accounts. Their family deity is Ekvira Devi (or Renuka). His parents died while Eknath was young. He was then raised by his grandfather, Chakrapani. His great-grandfather Bhanudas
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