Eknāth (English spelling)

Japanese: エークナート(英語表記)Eknāth
Eknāth (English spelling)
1533‐99?
A religious leader in the Maratha region (Maharashtra) of western India. Great-grandson of Bhanudas, a prominent Bhagavata sect member. Born in Paithan, he was active in holy places such as Pandharpur from the age of 12. He received a formal Sanskrit education, but was devoted to the 13th century religious leader Jnaneshwar, who wrote a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita in Marathi, called Jnaneshwari, and compiled the book. He is said to have produced a vast amount of poetry as a religious poet who sang of fervent monotheistic bhakti (devotion). The only surviving works are a commentary on the 11th chapter of the sacred text, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Bhabārtha Ramayana, which sings of the spirit of the Ramayana.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1533‐99?
インド西部,マラーター地方(マハーラーシュトラ)の宗教家。バーガバタ派の著名なバーヌダースの曾孫。パイタンの生れであるが,12歳以来,パンダルプルなどの聖地を中心に活動した。正規のサンスクリットの教育を受けたが,俗語マラーティーで《バガバッドギーター》の注釈書《ジュニャーネーシュワリー》を著した13世紀の宗教家ジュニャーネーシュワルに傾倒,同書の編纂に当たった。彼は,熱烈な一神教的なバクティ(信愛)の念を歌い上げる宗教詩人として膨大な詩を作ったといわれるが,現存するものとしては,聖典《バーガバタ・プラーナ》の第11章への注釈書,《ラーマーヤナ》の精神を歌った《バーバールタ・ラーマーヤナ》がある。

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