Mirabai
MIRABAI (b. circa 1500 CE) is the most famous medieval woman saint of bhakti, or devotional Hinduism. Known for her unwavering devotion to God in the form of Kṛṣṇa (the am...
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In the following chapter from a treatise on Mirabai's life, legend, and poetry, the author categorizes Mirabai's padas (sung poetry) into poems of entreaty and salutation and poems of lo...
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The following essay, from an extended introduction to a translation of Mirabai's religious poetry, places her poetry in the context of the bhakti (devotional) religious movement and offers exam...
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This essay provides a brief history of Bhakti poetry and its influences and compares Mirabai with two predecessors.
Kabir, Mirabai and Surdas are three of the top four Bhakti poets in Hindi. The fo...
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In the following essay, both academic and personal in tone, Schelling identifies Sanskrit influences on Mirabai's work, reflects on why Mira's songs are so compelling to modern North Ame...
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In the following essay, Bahadur provides an overview of the descriptive language and themes of Mirabai's padas and suggests that they are strongly rooted in an oral tradition.
More than four...
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In the following essay, Bahadur considers Mirabai's padas as lyrical poetry.
Mīrā's poetry may be termed lyrical verse, which, Earnest Rhys says, ‘is a form of mu...
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In the following essay, Bahadur addresses how Mirabai's padas express her love for Krishna.
Sensual love and spiritual love are worlds apart. One pampers to the body, the other is balm for t...
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Many scholars have tried to piece together information about the life of Mira. Most of the sources used to put the pieces of her life together have been through her autobiographic poems. Mirabai was...
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Mirabai
Critical Essay by Usha S. Nilsson
Mirabai
