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Tulsidas

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Also known as Gosvami Tulsidas

Rambola (; 11 August 1511 – 30 July 1623), popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās (), was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint, devotee (भक्त) and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit, Awadhi, and Braj Bhasha, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana, based on Rama's life, in the vernacular Awadhi language.

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Tulsidas (1532–1623) was a male poet, philosopher, and writer born in Rajapur. He is recognized for his notable work, the *Ramcharitmanas*. His native language was Hindi, and he wrote in Awadhi and Braj Bhasha. Tulsidas adhered to Vaishnavism and the bhakti tradition. He passed away at Assi Ghat in 1623.

His literary output includes works such as *Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsakr̥ta Śrīrāmacaritamānasa*, *Tulasī saṅgīta maṇimālā*, *Le lac spirituel*, *Rāmāyaṇa-Sundarakāṇḍa*, and *Śrīmadgosvāmī Tulasīdāsajīviracita Śrīrāmacaritamānasa*. He is described in sources including the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1532
Died
1623
Works
110

Top works

  • Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsakr̥ta Śrīrāmacaritamānasa
  • Tulasī saṅgīta maṇimālā
  • Le lac spirituel
  • Rāmāyaṇa-Sundarakāṇḍa
  • Śrīmadgosvāmī Tulasīdāsajīviracita Śrīrāmacaritamānasa

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
India
Active from
1511
Active to
1623

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24
Total plays
487

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2015 · cited 202x

  5. Abdominal Obesity and Physical Inactivity as Risk Factors for NIDDM and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Indian, Creole, and Chinese Mauritians

    · 1991 · cited 149x

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Key facts

Hindu leader.honorific_prefix
SantGoswami
Hindu leader.name
Tulsidas
Hindu leader.religion
Hinduism
Hindu leader.image
Goswami Tulsidas Awadhi Hindi Poet.jpg
Hindu leader.caption
Picture of Tulsidas published in the Ramcharitmanas, by Sri Ganga Publishers, Gai Ghat, Benaras, 1949
Hindu leader.birth_place
Rajapur, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Hindu leader.known_for
Composing the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman ChalisaReincarnation of Valmiki
Hindu leader.birth_name
Rambola Dubey
Hindu leader.death_place
Banaras, Awadh Subah, Mughal Empire (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Hindu leader.guru
Narharidas (Narharyanandacharya)
Hindu leader.father
Aatmaram
Hindu leader.mother
Hulsi Devi
Hindu leader.sect
Ramanandi Sampradaya
Hindu leader.philosophy
Vishishtadvaita
Hindu leader.honors
Goswami, sant, Abhinavavālmīki, Bhaktaśiromaṇi
Hindu leader.literary_works
Ramcharitmanas, Vinaya Patrika, Geetawali, Dohavali, Sahitya Ratna, Hanuman Chalisa, Vairagya Sandipani, Janaki Mangal, Parvati Mangal, and others
Hindu leader.spouse
Ratnavali

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Tulsidas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Artwork

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Encyclopedic overview

34 sections
Contents
  • Transliteration and etymology
  • Sources
  • Incarnation of Valmiki
  • Early life
  • Birth
  • Childhood
  • Marriage and renunciation
  • Later life
  • Travels
  • Darshan of Hanuman
  • Darshan of Rama
  • Darshan of Yajnavalkya and Bharadvaja
  • Attributed miracles
  • Literary life
  • Composition of ''Ramcharitmanas''
  • Last compositions
  • Death
  • Works
  • Ramcharitmanas
  • Other major works
  • Minor works
  • Popularly attributed works
  • Doctrine
  • Nirguna and Saguna Brahman
  • The name of Rama
  • Rama as Brahman
  • Vedanta, World and Maya
  • Views on other Hindu deities
  • Bhakti
  • Critical reception
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Rambola (; 11 August 1511 – 30 July 1623), popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās (), was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint, devotee (भक्त) and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit, Awadhi, and Braj Bhasha, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana, based on Rama's life, in the vernacular Awadhi language.

Tulsidas spent most of his life in the cities of Banaras (modern Varanasi) and Ayodhya. The Tulsi Ghat on the Ganges in Varanasi is named after him. He founded the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple in Varanasi, believed to stand at the place where he had the sight of the deity. Tulsidas started the Ramlila plays, a folk-theatre adaptation of the Ramayana.

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