Eknath,Translated By Justin Edwards Abbott From The Bhaktalilamrita Of Mahipati

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AdhiraamBose
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About Sant(Saint) Eknath:-
Sant Eknath(Marathi pronunciation:[eknaːt̪ʰ])(c. 1533 to c. 1599)was a Marathi Hindu Saint,Philosopher and Poet.He was a devotee of the Hindu deity Sree Krishna and is a major figure of the Warkari tradition.Eknath is often viewed as a spiritual successor to the prominent Marathi Saints Dnyaneshwar and Namdev.

Link To Sant(Saint) Eknath's Wikipedia Page:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eknath

About The Author:-
Mahipati(1715 to 1790) was an 18th century Marathi language hagiographer who wrote biographies of prominent Hindu Vaishnava Sants who had lived between the 13th and the 17th centuries in Maharashtra and other regions of India.

During his life,Mahipati played down his abilities,his hagiographies of the Varkari saints are considered to be the most authoritative.Mahipati claimed Varkari Sant Tukaram as the inspiration for his writings.Although in early part of his literary career he relied on works by Nabha Dass and Uddhava Ciddhan for his biographies,he soon realized shortcomings in their accounts of the saints and started collecting information himself.Mahipati,at times,during his life wrote multiple biographies of the same Saint.He included any new information he obtained about the saint in his newer biographies.He also believed that the lives of the Revered Saints can not be grasped in a single sweep.Mahipati wrote his biographies in the Ovi metre.

Link To The Author's Wikipedia Page:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahipati

Link To Information On The Translator:-
https://whowaswho-indology.info/87/abbott-justin-edwards/

Link(s) To The Text:-
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.506109

*In The Given Link,All The Pages Are Intact And The Text In Them Are Readable.

*I Suggest That This Project Be Completely Undertaken By Someone From India As Many Words In The Text Might Be Well-Pronounced Only By An Indian.
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