Meera: Mane Chakar Rakho JiĪ version of this famous hymn was used in the 1947 Hindi film Meerabai. Says Kabir I have covered myself with this cloth most carefully, And eventually will leave it as it was before. It has been worn by gods, men and sages: They soiled it with use. The Lord tailored it in ten moons, Pressed the threads to get the weft tight. Dyed in the Ram Nam, the name of the lord, A spinning wheel like an eight-petalled lotus spins it, Five elements and three qualities are its pattern. The Sikh guru Nanak gathered many such bhajans into the Guru Granth Sahib. Baba Bulleh Shah is another and the Bauls of Bengal have developed from these roots.
Kabir is the best-known exponent of Nirguni bhajan, which celebrate a formless ( nirguna) divinity, encouraging listeners to shed dogma and look at reality. Kabir refers to his body as a chadar, a sheet of cloth. This bhajan has been recorded by several well known singers. Here is a representative selection of the best known bhajans by these poets. They are widely enjoyed even among those who do not speak Hindi. The language of their works is influenced by several of the dialects of Hindi. Traditions of bhajan such as Nirguni, Gorakhanathi, Vallabhapanthi, Ashtachhap, Madhura-bhakti and the traditional South Indian form Sampradya Bhajan each have their own repertoire and methods of singing.Bhajans by Kabir, Mirabai, Surdas, Tulsidas and a few others are considered to be classic. Nanak, Kabir, Meera, Narottama Dasa, Surdas and Tulsidas are notable composers.
The Dhrupad style, Sufi qawwali and the kirtan or song in the Haridasi tradition are related to bhajan. The name, a cognate of bhakti, meaning religious devotion, suggests its importance to the bhakti movement that spread from the south of India throughout the entire subcontinent in the Moghul era.Īnecdotes and episodes from scriptures, the teachings of saints and descriptions of gods have all been the subject of bhajans. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine.
It has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. Freebase (1.00 / 2 votes) Rate this definition:Ī Bhajan is any type of devotional song.
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