Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
"Meera Bai was perhaps one of the best known woman poet within the Bhakti Tradition." Substantiate the statement.
Solution
Hindu mystic poet Meera, who was devoted to Krishna and went by the name Mirabai and was revered as a saint, lived in the 16th century. Her royal ancestry was Rajput.
She was a prominent poet in the Bhakti tradition for the following reasons:
- She is revered as a Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. Her name appears in Bhaktamal, proving that by 1600 CE, the Bhakti movement's culture had made her a well-known and adored figure.
- The majority of accounts of Mirabai focus on her flagrant disregard for familial and social norms, her love of Krishna, how she treated Krishna as her husband, and how her in-law mistreated her as a result of her fervour for religion.
- She had a great love for Lord Krishna. Mirabai is a gifted poetess and one of Prema Bhakti's most well-known proponents.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.
- Kabir organised his followers into a community and set up rules for congregational worship.
- Kabir described the Ultimate Reality using terms drawn from Islam, Vedantic traditions, and from yogic traditions.
- Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
Which of the following statements is NOT correct about Baba Guru Nanak?
Which of these was the capital of Akbar?
Who compiled Adi Granth?
Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.
1. Verses of Kabir are compiled in three distinct traditions.
2. Kabir’s poems are available only in the Urdu language.
3. Kabir used many traditions to describe the ultimate reality.
4. Kabir called ultimate reality only Allah.
Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?
Who among the following Gurus of Sikhs compiled ‘Guru Adi Granth Sahib’?
Read the following information given in the box carefully:
|
Identify the name of the devotee of Saguna Bhakti from the following options.
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
|
One Lord Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: |
Identify the connotation of Kabir from the following options.
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
|
One Lord Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: |
How has Kabir’s compositions promote communal harmony at large?
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
|
One Lord Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: |
Which of the following is the part of Kabir’s philosophy?
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
|
One Lord Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: |
Kabir’s poetry has a literary as well as a philosophical significance.
Select the most appropriate option from the following that describes this essence.
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:
|
One Lord Here is a composition attributed to Kabir: |
Read the following statements regarding Kabir and select the appropriate option.
- Kabir was a nirguna saint.
- He believed in formless supreme God.
- He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion.
- He condemned the superstitious cults, the ritualism, the doctrines of both Hinduism and Islam.
The verses of Baba Farid were incorporated in ______.
Baba Guru Nanak was born in ______.
Mirabai was the devotee of ______.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| A. Guru Nanak | 1. Assam |
| B. Kabir | 2. Marwar |
| C. Shankaradeva | 3. Nankana Sahib |
| D. Mirabai | 4. Varanasi |
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| A. Lingayat | 1. Punjab |
| B. Kabirpanthi | 2. Karnataka |
| C. Baba Guru Nanak | 3. Rajasthan |
| D. Mira Bai | 4. Benaras |
Select the correct chronological order of the Bhakti Saints from the following:
Which of the following statement describe the teaching of Kabir?
(i) To achieve inward spiritual bliss.
(ii) Condemnation of empty ritual.
(iii) To faster harmony between Hinduism and Islam.
Who was the tenth Guru of Sikh?
The teachings of the Shankaradeva were known as ______.
'Kabir Das is one of the most outstanding examples of a Poet-saint who has given extensive views on social situation, institution and on ultimate reality.' Explain the statement.
"Baba Nanak's vision of the sacred word was all inclusive." Explain the statement.
'Meerabai was a well known poet of North Indian Hindu Tradition.' Explain her philosophy and belief system.
