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  • 220 sidor
  • 2020
KANHOPATRA WAS A 15TH CENTURY MARATHI SAINT- POET, VENERATED BY THE VARKARI SECT OF HINDUISM. SHE IS A DAUGHTER OF A RICH PROSTITUTE AND COURTESAN NAMED SHAMA, WHO LIVED IN THE TOWN OF MANGALWEDHA, NEAR PANDHARPUR THE SIGHT OF VITHOBAS CHIEF TEMPLE. SHAMA WAS UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE IDENTIFY OF KANHOPATRAS FATHER, BUT SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS THE TOWNS HEAD-MAN SADASHIVA MALAGUJAR. KANHOPATRA SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN THE PALATIAL HOUSE OF HER MOTHER, SERVED BY SEVERAL MAIDS, BUT BECASUE OF HER MOTHERS PROFESSION KANHOPATRAS SOCIAL STATUS WAS DEMEANINGLY LOW. KANHOPATRA WAS TRAINED IN DANCE AND SONG FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD SO THAT SHE COULD JOIN HER MOTHERS PROFESSION. HER BEAUTY WAS COMPARED TO THE APSARA. AS IN AGE OF FIFTEEN KANHOPATRA WAS FORCED INTO THE COURTEASANS LIFE, THOUGH SHE DETESTED. ONE DAY THE VARKARI PILGRIMS WHO PASSED KANHOPATRAS HOUSE OF THEIR WAY TO THE TEMPLE OF VITHOBA IN PANDHARPUR. SHE ASKED A PASSING VARKARI ABOUT VITHOBA. THE VARKARI SAID THAT VITHOBA IS GENEROUS WISE, BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT. HIS GLORY IS BEYOND AND HIS BEAUTY SURPASSES THAT OF ANY GOD, KANHOPATRA FURTHER ASKED IF VITHOBA WOULD ACCEPT HER AS A DEVOTEE. . N . . . , . . . . ' ' . ' ' , ' ?' . . ' , ? ?' , ' . , , .
  • Författare: Manjushrii Gokhale
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9789353174637
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 220
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-04-01
  • Förlag: Mehta Publishing House