''Leela Charitra'' is a biography of

Chakradhar Swami Chakradhara ( mr, चक्रधर), also known as Sarvadnya Shri Chakradhar Swami or Kunwar Haripaladeva was an Indian saint and philosopher, who is considered as an avatara of Krishna by his disciples and one of the most important exponents ...

, the guru of the

Mahanubhava Mahanubhava (also known as Jai Krishni Pantha) refers to Krishnaite Hindu denomination in India that was founded by Sarvadnya Shri Chakradhar Swami (or Shri Chakradhara Swami),an ascetic and philosopher who is considered as a reincarnati ...

sect, and is a sacred text of that sect. It was written in the late 13th century by his follower

Mhaimbhat Mhaimbhat (c. 13th century) was one of the earliest followers of Chakradhar Swami and the Mahanubhava sect, and author of ''Leela Charitra'', the first biography written in the Marathi language. Life Mhaimbhat belonged to the Sarala village of ...

. The ''Lilacharitra'', though written in Marathi, is replete with

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

words.

References

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