Meera
Sign in to saveMeera, better known as Mirabai, and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement by about 1600. In her poems, she expressed her surrender towards Krishna often referring to herself as his daasi (servant).
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Meera, also known as Mirabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and saint who became a central figure in the Bhakti movement, a devotional tradition centered on personal connection with the divine. Through her poetry, she expressed deep devotion to Krishna, portraying herself as his servant, and her influence was significant enough that she was recognized as an important religious figure by around 1600.
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15 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Hagiographical variations
- Poetry
- Hindi and Rajasthani
- Ravidas as Mira's Guru
- Sikh literature
- Mirabai's compositions
- Influence
- English translations
- Popular culture
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Meera, better known as Mirabai, and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement by about 1600. In her poems, she expressed her surrender towards Krishna often referring to herself as his daasi (servant).
Most legends about Mirabai mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to Krishna, and her persecution by her in-laws for her religious devotion. Her in-laws never liked her passion for music, through which she expressed her devotion, and they considered it an insult to the upper caste people. It is said that amongst her in-laws, her husband was the only one to love and support her in her Bhakti, while some believed him to have opposed it. She has been the subject of numerous folk tales and hagiographic legends, which are inconsistent or widely different in details. According to legend, when her in-laws attempted to murder her with poison, Mirabai tied a sacred thread on a murti of Krishna, trusting in His divine protection, through which she was saved by divine intervention. This legend is sometimes cited as the origin of the ritual of tying rakhi on Krishna's murti.