Surdas
Surdas | |
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 A commemorative postage stamp on Surdas issued by India Post on 1st October 1952 | |
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| Born | uncertain, somewhere between 1478 and 1483 |
| Died | uncertain, somewhere between 1579 and 1584 Braj
Parsauli |
| Religion | Bhakti movements, Sant Mat, Hymns in the Guru Granth Sahib |
| Philosophy | Bhakti |
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| Literary works | Sur Sagar, Sur Saravali, Sahitya Lahari |
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Surdas (
Sūrdās's biography is most often told through the lens of the
The book Sur Sagar (Sur's Ocean) is traditionally attributed to Surdas. However, many of the poems in the book seem to be written by later poets in Sur's name. The Sur Sagar in its present form focuses on descriptions of Krishna as the lovely child of
Biography
Braj Bhasha
Surdas's poetry was written in a dialect of Hindi called Braj Bhasha, until then considered to be a very plebeian language, as the prevalent literary languages were either Persian or Sanskrit. His work raised the status of the Braj Bhasha from a crude language to that of a literary one.[7]
Philosophy
Eight disciples of
Coverage
Several films have been made about the poet's life. These include:[9] Surdas (1939) by Krishna Dev Mehra, Bhakta Surdas (1942) by Chaturbhuj Doshi, Sant Surdas (1975) by Ravindra Dave, Chintamani Surdas (1988) by Ram Pahwa.
The legend of the blind poet Bilwamangala (identified with Surdas) and Chintamani has also been adapted several times in Indian cinema. These films include:[9] Bilwamangal or Bhagat Soordas (1919) by Rustomji Dhotiwala, Bilwamangal (1932), Chintamani (1933) by Kallakuri Sadasiva Rao, Chintamani (1937) by Y. V. Rao, Bhakta Bilwamangal (1948) by Shanti Kumar, Bilwamangal (1954) by D. N. Madhok, Bhakta Bilwamangal (1954) by Pinaki Bhushan Mukherji, Chintamani (1956) by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao, Chintamani (1957) by M.N. Basavarajaiah, Chilamboli (1963) by G. K. Ramu, Bilwamangal (1976) by Gobinda Roy, Vilvamangal Ki Pratigya (1996) by Sanjay Virmani.
See also
References
- ^ a b "सूरदास का जीवन परिचय - Biography of Surdas in Hindi Jivan Parichay". 16 September 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-7082-4.
- ^ "Surdas Biography - Surdas Poems - Life History in English". India the Destiny. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Hawley, John Stratton (2018). "Sūrdās". In Jacobsen, Knut A.; Basu, Helene; Malinar, Angelika; Narayanan, Vasudha (eds.). Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online. Brill.
- ISBN 9788126018031.
- ^ Barz, Richard (1992). The Bhakti Sect of Vallabhācārya. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 106.
- ^ "Surdas (Sur Das, Soordas)". chandrakantha.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (18 June 2009). "Aṣṭachāp | Hindi poets". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ ISBN 9780851706696. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
External links
- Surdas at IMDb
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