Namdev

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Bhakti movement saint Hindu saint Marathi poet Sikh bhagat saint-poet

Namdev was a 13th-century Marathi saint-poet and key figure of the Bhakti movement, renowned for his devotional hymns to Vithoba that are revered in both Hindu and Sikh traditions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Bhagat Namdev 2
Dnyaneshwar 2
Sant Namdev 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement saint ⓘ
Hindu saint ⓘ
Marathi poet ⓘ
Sikh bhagat ⓘ
saint-poet ⓘ
associatedWith Jnaneshwar ⓘ
other Marathi Varkari saints ⓘ
associatedWithCity Pandharpur ⓘ
associatedWithCommunity Varkari community ⓘ
associatedWithPilgrimage Pandharpur pilgrimage ⓘ
birthPlace region of present-day Maharashtra (traditional attribution) ⓘ
century 13th century ⓘ
country India ⓘ
devotionalFocus Vithoba of Pandharpur ⓘ
surface form: Vithoba

Vithoba of Pandharpur ⓘ
surface form: Vitthala
genre abhangas ⓘ
devotional poetry ⓘ
honorific Bhagat ⓘ
Sant ⓘ
influenceOn Marathi literature ⓘ
surface form: Maharashtrian Bhakti literature

Bhakti movement ⓘ
surface form: North Indian Bhakti traditions
language Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi
legacy bridge between Hindu and Sikh devotional traditions ⓘ
major figure in Marathi Bhakti literature ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement ⓘ
name Namdev self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bhagat Namdev

Namdev self-link ⓘ
Namdev self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sant Namdev
notableFor devotional hymns to Vithoba ⓘ
numberOfHymnsInGuruGranthSahib sixty-one (approximate) ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
saint ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation devotional monotheism ⓘ
region Maharashtra ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Vaishnavism ⓘ
reveredIn Hindu tradition ⓘ
Sikh tradition ⓘ
teachingFocus devotion (bhakti) to God ⓘ
equality of devotees ⓘ
inner devotion over ritual ⓘ
textsIncludedIn Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
tradition Varkari tradition ⓘ
worshippedDeity Krishna ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
Vithoba of Pandharpur ⓘ
surface form: Vithoba

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Dnyaneshwar
Dnyaneshwari → author → Namdev ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dnyaneshwar
this entity surface form: Bhagat Namdev
Namdev → name → Namdev self-link ⓘ
Namdev → name → Namdev self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sant Namdev
Namdev → name → Namdev self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhagat Namdev