Dnyaneshwari

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Dnyaneshwari is a 13th-century Marathi poetic commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, revered as a foundational work of Marathi literature and devotional philosophy.

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Dnyaneshwar 1
Dnyaneshwari Gita 1
Jnaneshwari 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhagavad Gita commentary
Marathi literary work
devotional text
poetic work
alternateName Dnyaneshwari
surface form: Dnyaneshwari Gita

Dnyaneshwari
surface form: Jnaneshwari
associatedDeity Vishnu
surface form: Vithoba
associatedPilgrimage Pandharpur pilgrimage
associatedSaint Namdev
surface form: Dnyaneshwar
author Namdev
surface form: Dnyaneshwar
basedOn Bhagavad Gita
canonicalStatus foundational work of Marathi literature
revered scripture in Varkari sect
centuryOfComposition 13th century
coreTheme Bhakti (devotion)
Jnana (knowledge)
law of karma
surface form: Karma (action)
countryOfOrigin India
genre commentary
devotional poetry
hasCommentaryOn Bhakti yoga
surface form: Bhakti Yoga

Jnana Yoga
Karma yoga
surface form: Karma Yoga
influenceOn Marathi literature
Varkari devotional practice
intendedAudience common Marathi-speaking devotees
language Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
meter ovi
originalTitle Bhavarth Ramayan
philosophicalSchool Bhakti movement
Vedanta
placeOfOrigin Maharashtra
purpose to explain the Bhagavad Gita in the vernacular
regionOfCulturalImpact Deccan Plateau
surface form: Deccan

Maharashtra
religiousContext Varkari tradition
religiousFigureDepicted Arjuna
Krishna
religiousTradition Hinduism
religiousUse recited in Varkari tradition
used for spiritual instruction
script Devanagari script
surface form: Devanagari

Modi script
structure commentary on 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita
style didactic
narrative
poetic
subject Bhagavad Gita exegesis
ethics
spiritual philosophy

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Dnyaneshwari alternateName Dnyaneshwari
this entity surface form: Jnaneshwari
Dnyaneshwari alternateName Dnyaneshwari
this entity surface form: Dnyaneshwari Gita
Marathi language hasNotableAuthor Dnyaneshwari
this entity surface form: Dnyaneshwar
Marathi language hasNotableWork Dnyaneshwari