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Kavi Bhushan (c. 1613–1715) was an Indian poet in the courts of the
Poems of Kavi Bhusan
17th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Hindi-language poets Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Poets from Uttar Pradesh 17th-century male writers {{India-poet-stub
Kavi Bhushan (c. 1613–1715) was an Indian poet in the courts of the Bundeli
Bundeli (Devanagari: बुन्देली or बुंदेली; or Bundelkhandi) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Bundelkhand region of central India. It belongs to the Central Indo-Ayran languages and is part of the Western Hi ...
king Chhatrasal
Chhatrasal Bundela (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) was an Indian warrior and ruler from the Bundela Rajput clan, who fought against the Mughal Empire, and established his own kingdom in Bundelkhand during the 17th-18th centuries.
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and the Maratha
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king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He mainly wrote in Brajbhasha interspersed with words from Sanskrit
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, Arabic
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and Persian
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languages. He was a scholar poet of Anupras and Shlesh Alankar.
Early life
Bhushan originally resided in the Tikwapur village in present-dayGhatampur
Ghatampur is a town and a municipal board in Kanpur Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near main industrial and educational hubs of the state Kanpur at a distance of 40 km.
History
About 15 km North-E ...
tehsil, Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh
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. He was the brother of the poets Chintamani and Matiram. Bhushan's original name is unknown. ''Kavi Bhushan'' ("Precious Poet") was a title given to him by the Rudra Pratap of Chitrakoot.
Chhatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj
He first met Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj when the latter he visitedAgra
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to meet the emperor Aurangzeb; thereafter, Bhushan was supported by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Bhushan later moved from Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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to Maratha Kingdom
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in the 1670s, and attended Chattrapati Shivaji Raje durbar (court)
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Literary works
* ''Shivaa Bhushan'' * ''Shivabavani'' * ''Chatrashaal Dashak'' * ''Saaransh ki khani''References
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Poems of Kavi Bhusan
17th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Hindi-language poets Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Poets from Uttar Pradesh 17th-century male writers {{India-poet-stub