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The Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses. The Bhakti movement preached against the caste system and used local languages and so the message reached the masses. One who practices bhakti is called a bhakta ...
Narsinh's poetic work is typically viewed as bhajans towards Krishna but also Hindu bhakti. As a pioneer poet of Gujarat, his bhajans have been sung in Gujarat and Rajasthan for over 5 years centuries [ 2 ] The compositions are philosophical or ethical, and often descriptive of the love of Radha and Krishna [ 4 ]
Raganuga-bhakti, on the other hand, follows ragatmika-bhakti, [42] [43] the bhakti present in Krishna's eternal associates, which is driven by raga, a natural absorption in the object of service. [44] [45] Jiva Goswami's conclusion in Bhakti Sandarbha is that raganuga-bhakti is the only abhidheya, viable process, recommended by the Bhagavatam. [27]
Chaitanya's earlier life, activities, early movement in Navadwip. Krsna-Caitanya-caritra-mahakavya (c. 1535) By Kavi Karnapura (Paramanand Sen). Krsna-Caitanya-candrodaya-natakam (c. 1535 – 1570s) By Kavi Karnapura. Based on Murari Gupta's Krsna-Caitanya-Caritamrta. When Karnapura was a small child, he interacted with Chaitanya personally.
The Bhakti movement originated among Vaishnavas of South India during the 7th-century CE, [207] spread northwards from Tamil Nadu through Karnataka and Maharashtra towards the end of 13th-century, [208] and gained wide acceptance by the fifteenth-century throughout India during an era of political uncertainty and Hindu-Islam conflicts.
The Bhakti movement was a theistic devotional trend that originated in the seventh-century Tamil south India (now parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala), and spread northwards. [131] It swept over east and north India from the fifteenth-century onwards, reaching its zenith between the 15th and 17th century CE.
The poetry of the Alvars echoes bhakti to God through love, and in the ecstasy of such devotions they sang hundreds of songs which embodied both depth of feeling and the felicity of expressions. [5] The collection of their hymns is known as the Naalayira Divya Prabandham .
Srimanta Sankardev [10] (/ ˈ s r ɪ ˌ m æ n t ə ˈ s æ n k ər ˌ d eɪ v /, Assamese pronunciation: [sɹimɔntɔ xɔŋkɔɹdɛβ]; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam.