Sant janabai

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances……… I went to Krishna Janambhoomi some days ago there i saw a picture of janabai …then a thought came in to my mind who is she i have never heard about her so when i read and thought to share with everyone……… Janabai was born in the Maharashtra region of India to a low-caste family.Janabai, a 13th century poet from a low-caste sudra family, Janabai was born in rand and Karand. Under the Dāmāsheti, who lived in Pandharpur has high religious significance especially among Marathi-speaking Hindus. Janabai’s employers, Damasheti and his wife, Gonāi, were very religious. Through the influence of the religious environment around her and her innate inclination, Janabai was all along an ardent devotee of Lord abhang (अभंग) form. Fortunately, some of her compositions got preserved along with those of Namdev. Authorship of about 300 abhang is traditionally attributed to Janabai. However, researchers believe that quite a few of them were in fact compositions of some other writers. Along with wārakari (वारकरी) sect in Maharashtra. In accord with a tradition in India of assigning the epithet sant (संत) to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly, all of the above religious figures including Janabai are commonly attributed that epithet in Maharashtra. Thus, Janabai is routinely referred to as Sant Janabai (संत जनाबाई). It was not uncommon for poor families to hire their children out as domestic servants, and this is what happened to Janabai a...

Introduction The state of Maharashtra has been gifted with a great lineage of saints who preached and spread the love towards God, knowledge of spirituality, and Bhakti to the masses through their simple yet impactful teachings. Gems such as the Dnyaneshwari by Dnyaneshwar Mauli, Eknathi Bhagwat by Sant Eknath Maharaj, Das Bodh and Manache Shlok by Samarth Ramdas Swami and the countless bhajans and ovees by various saints touched a chord in the hearts of many. The Warkari Sampraday and the Ramdasi Sampraday also find their roots here itself. These Sampradays, the work of these saints and their preaching held the Hindu thought and society together even in the face of a multitude of foreign invasions. It is no wonder that in such a fertile and enriching spiritual environment many women too were inspired to follow their quest for seeking and found their voice to talk about their overflowing love for the Lord. In many instances we see that it may have been a male saint who inspired a woman to follow suit or became her Guru showing her the path. (Figure 1: Credit: Wikipedia.com – Sri Dyaneshwar Mauli) To give examples, Muktabai was Dyaneshwar Mauli’s sister, Sant Janabai was a dasi at Naamdev Maharaj’s house and Sant Venabai was a disciple of Samarth Ramdas Swami. But having said that, it was finally upon the woman to find the inner courage and walk the entire path which was strewed with difficulties and not at all easy. In fact it was an uphill task as the then society was sha...

Name(s) Janabai, Jani, Janai. Jana or Jani in Marathi means “people.” It also connotes “birth” or “creation.” Date and place of birth The date of Janabai’s birth cannot be said with certainty, but most popular sources date her birth to c. 1258, except for one unpublished thesis (Sinha), which dates it to c. 1270. She was born in the village of Gangakhed in Maharashtra, India. Date and place of death She died in c. 1350. In public memory, she is said to have taken Samadhi, the highest meditative state an individual can achieve, in front of the Vitthala temple at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. Family Mother Karund. She is known for having been devoted to her husband and to Vitthala. Father Damā. He is associated with the shudra varna (lower caste group, who were usually peasants or aristans) and was a Vitthala (Vitthal is a reincarnation of Vishnu) devotee. According to legend, Karund and Damā did not have any children. So, they prayed to Vitthala. One-night, Vitthala came in Damā’s dream and said to him that he would have a daughter and that he should name her Jana and give her to Damāshet (Namdev’s father). She would bring salvation and fame to the family. Marriage and Family Life Janabai never married. At the young age of 7, she started living with poet-saint Namdev’s (c. 1270 – c. 1350) family. Education Janabai did not receive a formal education. However, she chose Namdev to be her guru (teacher/master) and paid homage to him through the signature in her poems, which uses t...

Being an accomplished poet by herself, Janabai used to compose abhangs on Lord Vitthala and the Lord, sensing the purity of devotion, would pen down His devotee’s compositions. To an astounding Sant Jnanadev who caught up with The Lord’s secret, The Lord revealed: I was happy to write down the verses of Jani and I will bless anyone who reads her verses, and no calamity will ever befall them. The drama was intertwined with beautiful philosophical Maratha compositions of Vittala devotion and the children danced merrily bringing out a dazzling, soul-stirring presentation. The evening assembly sat in wrap attention drinking the nectar of devotion presented by the Balvikas children from Kolhapur. WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by • Archives • ▶ • ▶ (1) • ▶ • ▶ (11) • ▶ (3) • ▶ (3) • ▶ (4) • ▶ (1) • ▶ (4) • ▶ (5) • ▶ (4) • ▶ (4) • ▶ • ▶ (6) • ▶ (10) • ▶ (11) • ▶ (11) • ▶ (3) • ▶ (10) • ▶ (4) • ▶ (21) • ▶ (10) • ▶ (13) • ▶ (30) • ▶ • ▶ (21) • ▶ (24) • ▶ (21) • ▶ (17) • ▶ (13) • ▶ (5) • ▶ (7) • ▶ (18) • ▶ (7) • ▶ (13) • ▶ (5) • ▶ • ▶ (6) • ▶ (17) • ▶ (24) • ▶ (3) • ▶ (5) • ▶ (17) • ▶ (1) • ▶ (3) • ▶ (6) • ▶ (6) • ▶ (4) • ▶ • ▶ (3) • ▶ (20) • ▶ (10) • ▶ (20) • ▶ (15) • ▶ (21) • ▶ (2) • ▶ (2) • ▶ (9) • ▶ (9) • ▶ (14) • ▶ • ▶ (10) • ▶ (18) • ▶ (6) • ▶ (9) • ▶ (2) • ▶ (7) • ▶ (5) • ▶ (1) • ▶ (14) • ▶ (8) • ▶ (7) • ▶ (13) • ▶ • ▶ (8) • ▶ (56) • ▶ (31) • ▶ (24) • ▶ (31) • ▶ (19) • ▶ (8) • ▶ (13) • ▶ (9) • ▶ (14) • ▶ (18) • ▶ (24) • ▶ • ▶ (18) • ▶ (26) • ▶ (35) • ▶ (25) • ▶ (29) • ▶ (26) • ▶...