Question

Indian Literature: Mirabai is arguably the most well-known poet in what devotional tradition that spread over India from the 8th to the 17th centuries? The name of this tradition literally means "devotion" in Sanskrit?

Answer 1

Perhaps the most well-known poet in the Bhakti devotional tradition, which expanded throughout India from the eighth through the seventeenth century, is Mirabai. The Bhakti movement aimed to break down conventional caste and religious barriers by emphasising an individual's deep love and devotion to a personal god or goddess. In Sanskrit, the word "Bhakti" literally translates as "devotion" or "love." Mirabai, a 16th-century Rajput princess who loved Lord Krishna and wrote hymns to him, became a symbol of the Bhakti movement thanks to her devotion to the divine. Bhajans, her poetry, are well-liked and influential in Indian literature and music.