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Dnyaneshwar

1275 - 1296

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Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ]), (Devanagari : सन्त ज्ञानेश्वर), also referred to as Jñāneśvara, Jñānadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296 (living samadhi)), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita) and Amrutanubhav. These are the oldest surviving literary works in the Marathi language, and considered to be milestones in Marathi literature. Sant Dnyaneshwar's ideas reflect the non-dualistic Advaita Vedanta philosophy and an emphasis on Yoga and bhakti towards Vithoba, an incarnation of Vishnu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dnyaneshwar is the 1,392nd most popular writer, the 179th most popular biography from India and the 31st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Dnyaneshwar ranks 1,392 out of 7,302. Before him are Mahadevi Varma, Rodolphe Töpffer, Don DeLillo, François de Malherbe, Robin Hobb, and Magda Szabó. After him are Mendele Mocher Sforim, Pehr Henrik Ling, Fulcher of Chartres, César Vallejo, Sima Xiangru, and Siegfried Lenz.

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Among people born in 1275, Dnyaneshwar ranks 5. Before him are Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Gediminas, Marsilius of Padua, and Basarab I of Wallachia. After him are John II, Duke of Brabant, Mondino de Luzzi, Chungseon of Goryeo, Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Musō Soseki, Edward Bruce, and Abu Sa'id Uthman II. Among people deceased in 1296, Dnyaneshwar ranks 3. Before him are Pope Celestine V, and Przemysł II. After him are Floris V, Count of Holland, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Konrad von Feuchtwangen, Louis III, Duke of Bavaria, Campanus of Novara, Edmund Crouchback, and Guido Bonatti.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dnyaneshwar ranks 179 out of 1,861. Before him are Shantideva (685), Abdul Karim (1863), James Brooke (1803), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Khaleda Zia (1945), and Mahadevi Varma (1907). After him are S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Dharmendra (1935), Guru Arjan (1563), Jayadeva (1170), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), and Kamala Sohonie (1912).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Dnyaneshwar ranks 31. Before him are Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Namdev (1270), Subramania Bharati (1882), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), and Mahadevi Varma (1907). After him are B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Andal (800), Kuvempu (1904), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), and Anna Leonowens (1831).

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