Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the
Kabir
Kabir Das (1398–1518) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, ...
, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the
Kabir panth
Kabir Panth (Path of Kabir) is a Sant Mat denomination and philosophy based on the teachings of Kabir. It is based on devotion to him as one guru as a means to salvation. Its adherents are from many religious backgrounds as Kabir never advocated ...
sect. It also has a number of folk songs
The Bijak is one of the earliest of the major texts in modern
Bagheli
Bagheli (Devanagari: बघेली) or Baghelkhandi is a Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Baghelkhand region of central India.
Classification
An independent language belonging to the Eastern Hindi subgroup, Bagheli is one of the ...
.
# Vipramatisi
# Kahara
# Basant
# Chachar
# Beli
# Birahuli
# Hindola
# Sakhi
References
* मूलबीजकटीकासहित, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, 1995.
* The Bijak of Kabir, by Linda Hess (Translator), Shukdev Singh (Translator), Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
* Kabir Jivan Katha by Sant Vivekdas Acharya, Kabir Bhavan, Mandangir, Pushpa Bhavan, New Delhi-110062
The Bijak of Kabir; translated into English
Hindi poetry collections
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