Mira Bai (English spelling)

Japanese: ミーラー･バーイー（英語表記）Mīrā Bāī

1499‐1546
A 16th-century Indian female poet. Known as an ardent follower of Krishna, she is shrouded in numerous legends. Born as a princess in the kingdom of Mereta, she married Prince Bhojraj of Mewar in 1516, but lost her husband within a few years, and then her father, brother-in-law, and other close relatives to illness and war, and she left this world behind. At that time, she imagined Krishna, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, and clung to him. Mirabai's ardent faith in Krishna, who she saw as her husband, and her frequent association with ascetics and believers led to the displeasure of her in-laws and various forms of persecution.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1499‐1546
16世紀インドの女流詩人。熱烈なクリシュナ信徒として知られ，数々の伝説に包まれた人物。メールター国の王女に生まれ，1516年にメーワール国のボージュラージュ王子に嫁すが，数年で夫に先立たれ，また次々と父，義弟などの近親者を病と戦乱で失い，現世から離れてゆく。そのとき彼女が心に描いてすがったのが，ビシュヌ神の化身クリシュナである。ミーラー･バーイーがクリシュナを夫に見立てて熱烈に信仰し，苦行者，信仰者と行をともにすることが多くなると，婚家の人たちの不興を買い，さまざまな迫害をうけたという。

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