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href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B5" title="Միրապայ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Միրապայ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%88" title="মীৰাবাঈ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মীৰাবাঈ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%88" title="মীরাবাঈ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মীরাবাঈ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Bai" title="Mira Bai – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Mira Bai" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88" title="मीराबाई – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मीराबाई" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADr%C3%A1b%C3%A1%C3%AD" title="Mírábáí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mírábáí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_(hinduismo)" title="Mira (hinduismo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mira (hinduismo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="میرا بای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="میرا بای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraba%C3%AF" title="Mirabaï – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mirabaï" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%ABr%C4%81b%C4%81%C4%AB" title="Mīrābāī – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mīrābāī" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%88" title="મીરાંબાઈ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="મીરાંબાઈ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EB%9D%BC_%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4" title="미라 바이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미라 바이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AB" title="Միրա Բաի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միրա Բաի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88" title="मीरा बाई – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मीरा बाई" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meera" title="Meera – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Meera" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%ABr%C4%81b%C4%81%C4%AB" title="Mīrābāī – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mīrābāī" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94" title="מירה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מירה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF" title="ಮೀರಾಬಾಯಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮೀರಾಬಾಯಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrabai" title="Myrabai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Myrabai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADr%C3%A1b%C3%A1j" title="Mírábáj – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mírábáj" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B0" title="മീര – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മീര" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_(%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4)" title="मीरा (कृष्णभक्त) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मीरा (कृष्णभक्त)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%89" title="ميرا باى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ميرا باى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Bai" title="Mira Bai – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mira Bai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88" title="मीरा बाई – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मीरा बाई" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC" title="ミーラー・バーイー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミーラー・バーイー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mirabai" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%88" title="ମୀରା ବାଈ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ମୀରା ବାଈ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabay" title="Mirabay – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mirabay" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88" title="ਮੀਰਾ ਬਾਈ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੀਰਾ ਬਾਈ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="میرا بائی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میرا بائی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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.hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Indian weightlifter, see <a href="/wiki/Saikhom_Mirabai_Chanu" title="Saikhom Mirabai Chanu">Saikhom Mirabai Chanu</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Meera" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Meera_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Meera (disambiguation)">Meera (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;background: #FFC569; color: #000000;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sant_(religion)" title="Sant (religion)">Sant</a></div><div class="fn">Mirabai</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai,_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai%2C_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg/250px-Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai%2C_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai%2C_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg/330px-Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai%2C_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai%2C_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg/500px-Kangra_painting_of_Mirabai%2C_the_female_Bhakti_saint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1251" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Kangra_painting" title="Kangra painting">Kangra painting</a> of Mirabai playing the <a href="/wiki/Veena" title="Veena">veena</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #FFC569; color: #000000;">Personal life</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Jashoda Rao Ratan Singh Rathore</div><br />Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000).<sup id="cite_ref-tushomaniralife_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tushomaniralife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Kudki" title="Kudki">Kudki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mewar_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Mewar State">Kingdom of Mewar</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, India)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 1546<span style="display:none">(1546-00-00)</span> (aged 47–48)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Dwarka" title="Dwarka">Dwarka</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dwarka_Sultanate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dwarka Sultanate (page does not exist)">Dwarka Sultanate</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bhoj_Raj" title="Bhoj Raj">Bhojraj Singh Sisodia</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1516; died 1521)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Ratan Singh (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Poems, <a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a> for <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i>Meera</i></li><li><i>Meera Bai</i></li><li><i>Mira</i></li><li>Jashoda (Birth name)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #FFC569; color: #000000;">Religious life</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Meera</b>, better known as <b>Mirabai</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-brit1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and venerated as <b><a href="/wiki/Sant_(religion)" title="Sant (religion)">Sant</a> Meerabai</b>, was a 16th-century <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/Mysticism" title="Mysticism">mystic</a> poet and devotee of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Krishna">Krishna</a>. She is a celebrated <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_movement" title="Bhakti movement">Bhakti</a> saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/Bhaktamal" title="Bhaktamal">Bhaktamal</a></i>, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement by about 1600.<sup id="cite_ref-asher_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In her poems, she had <a href="/wiki/Bhakti#Bhavas" title="Bhakti"><i>madhurya bhava</i></a> towards Krishna. </p><p>Most legends about Mirabai mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to Krishna, and her persecution by her <a href="/wiki/In-law" class="mw-redirect" title="In-law">in-laws</a> for her religious devotion.<sup id="cite_ref-tushomaniralife_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tushomaniralife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-asher_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her in-laws never liked her passion for music, through which she expressed her devotion, and they considered it an insult of the upper caste people. It is said that amongst her in-laws, her husband was the only one to love and support her in her <i><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></i>, while some believed him to have opposed it. She has been the subject of numerous folk tales and <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiographic</a> legends, which are inconsistent or widely different in details. According to a legend, when her in-laws attempted to murder her with poison, Mirabai tied a thread on Krishna's idol, trusting in his divine protection, through which she was saved by Krishna through <a href="/wiki/Divine_intervention" title="Divine intervention">divine intervention</a>. This legend is sometimes cited as the origin of the ritual of tying <i><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">rakhi</a></i> to God's idol.<sup id="cite_ref-tushomaniralife_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tushomaniralife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nancy_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nancy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Millions of devotional hymns in passionate praise of Krishna are attributed to Mirabai in the Indian tradition, but just a few hundred are believed to be authentic by scholars, and the earliest written records suggest that except for two hymns, most were first written down in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-hawley_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawley-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many poems attributed to Meera were likely composed later by others who admired Meera. These hymns are a type of <a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajan</a>, and are very famous across India.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some Hindu temples, such as <a href="/wiki/Chittor_Fort" title="Chittor Fort">Chittor Fort</a>, are dedicated to Mirabai's memory.<sup id="cite_ref-tushomaniralife_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tushomaniralife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legends about Mirabai's life, of contested authenticity, have been the subject of movies, films, comic strips and other popular literature in modern times.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajasthan-Chittore_Garh_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Rajasthan-Chittore_Garh_09.jpg/250px-Rajasthan-Chittore_Garh_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Rajasthan-Chittore_Garh_09.jpg/500px-Rajasthan-Chittore_Garh_09.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Meera's temple to <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chittor_Fort" title="Chittor Fort">Chittor Fort</a>, Rajasthan</figcaption></figure> <p>Primary records about Meera are not available, and scholars have attempted to establish Meera's biography from secondary literature that mentions her. </p><p>Mirabai was born into a <a href="/wiki/Rathore_dynasty" title="Rathore dynasty">Rathore Rajput</a> royal family in <a href="/wiki/Kudki" title="Kudki">Kudki</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Beawar" title="Beawar">Beawar district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>), and spent her childhood in <a href="/wiki/Merta_City" title="Merta City">Merta</a>. She was the daughter of Ratan Singh Rathore and grand daughter of Rao Dudaji of Merta.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meera unwillingly married <a href="/wiki/Bhoj_Raj" title="Bhoj Raj">Bhoj Raj</a>, the crown prince of <a href="/wiki/Mewar" title="Mewar">Mewar</a>, in 1516.<sup id="cite_ref-usha13_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her husband was wounded in one of the ongoing wars with the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a> in 1518, and he died from battle wounds in 1521. Both her father and father-in-law (<a href="/wiki/Rana_Sanga" title="Rana Sanga">Rana Sanga</a>) died a few days after their defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khanwa" title="Battle of Khanwa">Battle of Khanwa</a> against <a href="/wiki/Babur" title="Babur">Babur</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal Emperor">Mughal Emperor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the death of Rana Sanga, Vikram Singh became the ruler of Mewar. According to a popular legend, her in-laws tried to assassinate her multiple times. These attempts included sending Meera a glass of poison and telling her it was nectar, and sending her a basket with a snake instead of flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-brit1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usha13_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to hagiographic legends, she was not harmed in either case, with the snake miraculously becoming, depending on the version, a Krishna idol or a garland of flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-nancy_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nancy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usha13_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In another version of these legends, she is asked by Vikram Singh to drown herself. When she attempts to do so, she merely floats on the water.<sup id="cite_ref-usha17_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet another legend states that the third Mughal emperor, <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a>, came with <a href="/wiki/Tansen" title="Tansen">Tansen</a> to visit Meera and presented her with a pearl necklace. Scholars doubt this happened, as Tansen joined Akbar's court in 1562, 15 years after Meera's death.<sup id="cite_ref-usha17_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, some stories state that <a href="/wiki/Ravidas" title="Ravidas">Ravidas</a> was her <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a> (teacher), but there is no corroborating historical evidence for this.<sup id="cite_ref-usha17_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_(Krishna),_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_%28Krishna%29%2C_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg/220px-Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_%28Krishna%29%2C_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_%28Krishna%29%2C_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg/330px-Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_%28Krishna%29%2C_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_%28Krishna%29%2C_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg/440px-Painting_of_Bhagat_Mirabai_and_Girdharji_%28Krishna%29%2C_from_a_folio_within_an_illustrated_manuscript_of_the_Prem_Ambodh_Pothi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="1078" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Bhagat Mirabai and Girdhar, from a folio within an illustrated manuscript of the <i>Prem Ambodh Pothi</i></figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2014, the three oldest records that mention Meera<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are all from the 17th century and written within 150 years of Meera's death. Neither mentions anything about her childhood, the circumstances of her marriage to Bhojraj or that the people who persecuted her were her in-laws or from some Rajput royal family.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nancy Martin-Kershaw states that to the extent that Meera was challenged and persecuted, religious or social conventions were unlikely to have been the cause, rather the likely cause was political chaos and military conflicts between the Rajput kingdom and the Mughal Empire. </p><p>Other stories state that Mira Bai left the kingdom of Mewar and went on pilgrimages. In her last years, Meera lived in <a href="/wiki/Dwarka" title="Dwarka">Dwarka</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vrindavan" title="Vrindavan">Vrindavan</a>, where legends state she miraculously disappeared by merging into an idol of Krishna after being poisoned by her brother-in-law in 1547.<sup id="cite_ref-tushomaniralife_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tushomaniralife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brit1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While miracles are contested by scholars for the lack of historical evidence, it is widely acknowledged that Meera dedicated her life to Krishna, composing songs of devotion, and was one of the most important poet-saints of the Bhakti movement period.<sup id="cite_ref-brit1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usha17_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Poetry">Poetry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Krishna_N_Radha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Krishna_N_Radha.jpg/250px-Krishna_N_Radha.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Krishna_N_Radha.jpg/500px-Krishna_N_Radha.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1878" data-file-height="1357" /></a><figcaption>Most of Meera's poems are dedicated to God in the form of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> (left) and some poems include <a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a> (right), the chief consort of Krishna.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>A number of compositions by Meera Bai continue to be sung today in India, mostly as devotional songs (<i><a href="/wiki/Bhajans" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhajans">bhajans</a></i>) towards <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, though nearly all of them have a philosophical connotation.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her poems describe her love, salutation, and separation from Krishna, and her dissatisfaction with the world.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of her most popular compositions remains <a href="/wiki/Payo_Ji_Maine_Ram_Ratan_Dhan_Payo" title="Payo Ji Maine Ram Ratan Dhan Payo"><b>"</b>Payoji maine Ram Ratan dhan payo</a>" (पायो जी मैंने राम रतन धन पायो।, "I have been given the richness of God's name blessing").<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meera's poems are lyrical <i>padas</i> (metric verses) in the <a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani language">Rajasthani language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-usha17_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usha17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several meters are used within her <i>padas</i>, but the most common meter found is <i>mātric</i> (syllabic) poetic line. <i>Rāgas</i> or melodies are attributed to these <i>padas</i>, allowing them to be sung.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While thousands of verses are attributed to her, scholars are divided as to how many of them were actually penned by Meera herself.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no surviving manuscripts of her poetry from her time, and the earliest records with two poems credited to her are from the early 18th century, more than 150 years after her legendary disappearance in 1547.<sup id="cite_ref-hawley_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawley-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hindi_and_Rajasthani">Hindi and Rajasthani</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hindi and Rajasthani"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg/250px-Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg/330px-Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg/500px-Mirabai._Provincial_Mughal._Possibly_Jaipur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2476" data-file-height="1850" /></a><figcaption>Mirabai surrounded by devotees, c. 17th–18th century<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The most extensive collection of Meera's poems exists in manuscripts from the 19th century. To establish the authenticity of the poems, scholars have looked at various factors such as the mention of Meera in other manuscripts, as well as the style, language, and form of the poems.<sup id="cite_ref-hawley_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawley-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-edwinsongs_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edwinsongs-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Stratton Hawley cautions, "When one speaks of the poetry of Mirabai, then, there is always an element of enigma. [...] There must always remain a question about whether there is any real relation between the poems we cite and a historical Mira."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her poems, Krishna is a <a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">yogi</a> and lover, and she herself is a <a href="/wiki/Yogini" title="Yogini">yogini</a> ready to take her place by his side in a spiritual marital bliss.<sup id="cite_ref-hawley_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawley-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meera's style combines impassioned mood, defiance, longing, anticipation, joy and ecstasy of union, always centred on Krishna.<sup id="cite_ref-edwinsongs_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edwinsongs-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <div class="poem"> <p>My <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Dark One</a> has gone to an alien land.<br /> He has left me behind, he's never returned, he's never sent me a single word.<br /> So I've stripped off my ornaments, jewels, and adornments, and cut my hair from my head.<br /> And put on holy garments, all on his account, seeking him in all four directions.<br /> Mira: unless she meets the Dark One, her God, she doesn't even want to live. </p> </div> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Mira Bai, Translated by John Stratton Hawley<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Meera speaks of a personal relationship with Krishna as her lover, God and mountain lifter. The characteristic of her poetry is complete surrender. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"> <div class="poem"> <p>After making me fall for you so hard, where are you going?<br /> Until the day I see you, no repose: my life, like a fish washed on shore, flails in agony.<br /> For your sake I'll make myself a yogini, I'll hurl myself to death on the saw of Kashi.<br /> Mira's God is the clever Mountain Lifter, and I am his, a slave to his lotus feet. </p> </div> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Mira Bai, Translated by John Stratton Hawley<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Meera is often classed with the northern Sant bhaktis, who spoke of Krishna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ravidas_as_Mira's_Guru"><span id="Ravidas_as_Mira.27s_Guru"></span>Ravidas as Mira's Guru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ravidas as Mira's Guru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a small <i><a href="/wiki/Chhatri" title="Chhatri">chhatri</a></i> (pavilion) in front of Meera's temple in <a href="/wiki/Chittorgarh_district" title="Chittorgarh district">Chittorgarh district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> which bears Ravidas' engraved foot print.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legends link him as the <i>guru</i> of Mirabai, another major Bhakti movement poet.<sup id="cite_ref-peterheehs_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peterheehs-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Queen Mira Bai composed a song dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Guru_Ravidas" class="mw-redirect" title="Guru Ravidas">Guru Ravidas</a> where she mentioned him as her Guru.  </p> <div class="poem"> <p>Sadguru sant mile Ravidas<br /> Mira devaki kare vandana aas<br /> Jin chetan kahya dhann Bhagavan Ravidas </p> </div> <p>-- "I got a guru in the form of Sant Ravidas, there by obtaining life's fulfillment."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sikh_literature">Sikh literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sikh literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22,_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib,_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22%2C_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib%2C_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh%2C_India.jpg/220px-Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22%2C_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib%2C_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22%2C_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib%2C_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh%2C_India.jpg/330px-Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22%2C_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib%2C_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22%2C_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib%2C_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh%2C_India.jpg/440px-Manuscript_of_the_Adi_Granth_from_the_Bhai_Banno_recension_named_%22Bhai_Banno_Vali_Bir%22%2C_kept_at_Gurdwara_Bhai_Banno_Sahib%2C_Kanpur_Uttar_Pradesh%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption>Manuscript of the <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Adi Granth</a> from the Bhai Banno <a href="/wiki/Recension" title="Recension">recension</a> named "Bhai Banno Vali Bir" which contains compositions of Mirabai within it. Kept at <a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">Gurdwara</a> Bhai Banno Sahib, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, India</figcaption></figure> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Adi Granth</a> was compiled in 1604, a copy of the text was given to a Sikh named Bhai Banno who was instructed by <a href="/wiki/Guru_Arjan" title="Guru Arjan">Guru Arjan</a> to travel to Lahore to get it bound. While doing so, he made a copy of the codex, which included compositions of Mirabai. These unauthorized additions were not included in the standardized edition of the scripture by the Sikh gurus, who rejected their inclusion.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Prem Ambodh Pothi</i>, a text attributed to <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a> and completed in 1693 CE, includes poetry of Mira Bai as one of sixteen historic <i>bhakti saints</i> important to <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mirabai's_compositions"><span id="Mirabai.27s_compositions"></span>Mirabai's compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mirabai's compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Raag Govind</li> <li>Govind Tika</li> <li>Raag Soratha</li> <li>Meera Ki Malhar</li> <li>Mira Padavali</li> <li>Narsi ji Ka Mayara</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meerabai_painting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Meerabai_painting.jpg/250px-Meerabai_painting.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Meerabai_painting.jpg/330px-Meerabai_painting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Meerabai_painting.jpg/500px-Meerabai_painting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1069" data-file-height="1412" /></a><figcaption>A modern painting of Mirabai</figcaption></figure> <p>Scholars acknowledge that Meera was one of the central poet-saints of the Bhakti movement, a period in Indian history rife with religious conflicts. Yet, they simultaneously question the extent to which Meera was a canonical projection of social imagination that followed, where she became a symbol of people's suffering and a desire for an alternative.<sup id="cite_ref-dirkparita_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dirkparita-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dirk Wiemann, quoting Parita Mukta, states, </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>If one accepts that someone very akin to the Mira legend [about persecution and her devotion] existed as an actual social being, the power of her convictions broke the brutal feudal relationships that existed at that time. The Mira Bai of the popular imagination, then, is an intensely <a href="/wiki/Anachronism" title="Anachronism">anachronistic</a> figure by virtue of that anticipatory radical democracy which propels Meera out of the <a href="/wiki/Historicity" title="Historicity">historicity</a> that remains nonetheless ascribed to her. She goes beyond the shadowy realms of the past to inhabit the very core of a future which is embodied within the suffering of a people who seek an alternative. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Dirk Wiemann / Parita Mukta, On Meera<sup id="cite_ref-dirkparita_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dirkparita-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parita_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parita-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg/250px-Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg/330px-Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg/500px-Meera_Bai-The_Pure_Devotee_of_Load_Krishna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>Modern stage performance about Mirabai</figcaption></figure> <p>The continued influence of Meera, in part, has been her message of freedom, her resolve and right to pursue her devotion to Krishna and her spiritual beliefs as she felt drawn to despite her persecution.<sup id="cite_ref-dirkparita_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dirkparita-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parita_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parita-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her appeal and influence in Indian culture, writes Edwin Bryant, is from her emerging, through her legends and poems, as a person "who stands up for what is right and suffers bitterly for holding fast to her convictions, as other men and women have", yet she does so with a language of love, with words painting the "full range of emotions that mark love, whether between human beings or between human and divine".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English_translations">English translations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: English translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>English translations of Meera's poems titled <i>Mystic Songs of Meera</i> and <i>The Devotional Poems of Mirabai</i> have been written by A.J. Alston and V.K. Subramanian respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some bhajans of Meera have been rendered into English by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bly" title="Robert Bly">Robert Bly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Hirshfield" title="Jane Hirshfield">Jane Hirshfield</a> as <i>Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schelling and Landes-Levi have offered anthologies in the USA.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Snell has presented parallel translations in his collection <i>The Hindi Classical Tradition</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sethi has selected poems which Meera composed presumably after she came in contact with <a href="/wiki/Ravidas" title="Ravidas">Ravidas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG/220px-Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG/330px-Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG/440px-Mirabai_Museum_Merta.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Mirabai Museum Merta</figcaption></figure> <p>Composer <a href="/wiki/John_Harbison" title="John Harbison">John Harbison</a> adapted Bly's translations for his <i>Mirabai Songs.</i> </p><p>The 1997 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Cuckold_(novel)" title="Cuckold (novel)">Cuckold</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Nagarkar" title="Kiran Nagarkar">Kiran Nagarkar</a>, features her as one of the central characters. </p><p>In 2002, Indian film director Anjali Panjabi released a documentary film about Meera, titled <i>A Few Things I Know About Her</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Meera Bai's life was interpreted as a musical story in <i>Meera—The Lover…</i>, a music album based on original compositions for some well known bhajans attributed to her.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_(musician)" title="James (musician)">James</a>, a Bangladeshi musician, dedicated his song "Mirabai" to her.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Meera Mahal in <a href="/wiki/Merta_City" title="Merta City">Merta</a> is a museum dedicated to telling the story of Mirabai through sculptures, paintings, displays, and a shaded garden.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_TV_adaptations">Film and TV adaptations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Film and TV adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two well-known films of her life have been made in India: <i><a href="/wiki/Meera_(1945_film)" title="Meera (1945 film)">Meera</a></i> (1945), a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a> film starring <a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Meera_(1979_film)" title="Meera (1979 film)">Meera</a></i> (1979), a <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> film by <a href="/wiki/Gulzar_(lyricist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulzar (lyricist)">Gulzar</a>, in which she is portrayed by actress <a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a>. Other Indian films about her include: <i>Meerabai</i> (1921) by <a href="/wiki/Kanjibhai_Rathod" title="Kanjibhai Rathod">Kanjibhai Rathod</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sant_Mirabai" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Mirabai">Sant Mirabai</a></i> (1929) by <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke" title="Dadasaheb Phalke">Dhundiraj Govind Phalke</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rajrani_Meera" title="Rajrani Meera">Rajrani Meera</a></i>/<i>Meerabai</i> (1933) by <a href="/wiki/Debaki_Bose" title="Debaki Bose">Debaki Bose</a>, <i>Meerabai</i> (1936) by T. C. Vadivelu Naicker and A. Narayanan, <i>Sadhvi Meerabai</i> (1937) by <a href="/wiki/Baburao_Painter" title="Baburao Painter">Baburao Painter</a>, <i>Bhakta Meera</i> (1938) by <a href="/wiki/Y._V._Rao" title="Y. V. Rao">Y. V. Rao</a>, <i>Meerabai</i> (1940) by Narasimha Rao Bhimavarapu, <i>Meera</i> (1947) by <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Dungan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellis Dungan">Ellis Dungan</a>, <i>Matwali Meera</i> (1947) by <a href="/wiki/Baburao_Patel" title="Baburao Patel">Baburao Patel</a>, <i>Meerabai</i> (1947) by <a href="/wiki/W._Z._Ahmed" title="W. Z. Ahmed">W. Z. Ahmed</a>, <i>Meerabai</i> (1947) by <a href="/wiki/Nanabhai_Bhatt" title="Nanabhai Bhatt">Nanabhai Bhatt</a>, <i>Girdhar Gopal Ki Mira</i> (1949) by Prafulla Roy, <i>Raj Rani Meera</i> (1956) by G. P. Pawar, <i>Meera Shyam</i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Meera_Ke_Girdhar" title="Meera Ke Girdhar">Meera Ke Girdhar</a></i> (1992) by Vijay Deep.<sup id="cite_ref-RajadhyakshaWillemen1999_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajadhyakshaWillemen1999-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Mirabai,</i> a 26-episode series based on her life, starring Mrinal Kulkarni, was produced by UTV in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Meera_(2009_TV_series)" title="Meera (2009 TV series)">Meera</a></i>, a 2009 Indian television series based on her life, aired on <a href="/wiki/NDTV_Imagine" class="mw-redirect" title="NDTV Imagine">NDTV Imagine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Shree_Krishna_Bhakto_Meera" title="Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera">Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera</a></i>, a 2021 Indian Bengali mythological television series based on her life, aired on <a href="/wiki/Star_Jalsha" title="Star Jalsha">Star Jalsha</a>. Her life was also chronicled in the longest running mythological show, <a href="/wiki/Vighnaharta_Ganesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vighnaharta Ganesh">Vighnaharta Ganesh</a>, where Lord Ganesh narrates her story to one of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Shiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Shiva">Lord Shiva</a>'s gana, Pushpadanta. Mira was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Lavina_Tandon" title="Lavina Tandon">Lavina Tandon</a>, while Krishna's role was essayed by Hitanshu Jinsi.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Note </th> <th>Played by </th> <th>Channel </th></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Mirabai</i> </td> <td>26 episodes; Director : Ved Rahi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Kulkarni" title="Mrinal Kulkarni">Mrinal Kulkarni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doordarshan" title="Doordarshan">Doordarshan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>Meera</i> </td> <td>135 episodes; Director : Mukesh Singh, Swapnil Mahaling (Shahane) </td> <td>Aashika Bhatia, <a href="/wiki/Aditi_Sajwan" title="Aditi Sajwan">Aditi Sajwan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NDTV_Imagine" class="mw-redirect" title="NDTV Imagine">NDTV Imagine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021–present </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shree_Krishna_Bhakto_Meera" title="Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera">Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera</a></i> </td> <td>Director : Amit Sengupta </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arshiya_Mukherjee_(actress)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arshiya Mukherjee (actress) (page does not exist)">Arshiya Mukherjee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debadrita_Basu" title="Debadrita Basu">Debadrita Basu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Star_Jalsha" title="Star Jalsha">Star Jalsha</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Ravidass" class="mw-redirect" title="Guru Ravidass">Guru Ravidass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravidassia" title="Ravidassia">Ravidassia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbha_Shyam_Temple,_Chittorgarh" title="Kumbha Shyam Temple, Chittorgarh">Kumbha Shyam Temple, Chittorgarh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirabai&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-:1_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPandeyZide1965" class="citation journal cs1">Pandey, S. M.; Zide, Norman (1965). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1061803">"Mīrābāī and Her Contributions to the Bhakti Movement"</a>. <i>History of Religions</i>. <b>5</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">54–</span>73. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F462514">10.1086/462514</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0018-2710">0018-2710</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1061803">1061803</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=History+of+Religions&rft.atitle=M%C4%ABr%C4%81b%C4%81%C4%AB+and+Her+Contributions+to+the+Bhakti+Movement&rft.volume=5&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E54-%3C%2Fspan%3E73&rft.date=1965&rft.issn=0018-2710&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1061803%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F462514&rft.aulast=Pandey&rft.aufirst=S.+M.&rft.au=Zide%2C+Norman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1061803&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMirabai" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-usha13-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-usha13_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usha13_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usha13_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Usha Nilsson (1997), Mira bai, Sahitya Akademi, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8126004119" title="Special:BookSources/978-8126004119">978-8126004119</a>, pages 12-13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nancy Martin-Kershaw (2014), <i>Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India</i> (Editor: Mandakranta Bose), Oxford University Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0195352771" title="Special:BookSources/978-0195352771">978-0195352771</a>, page 165</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-usha17-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-usha17_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usha17_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usha17_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usha17_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usha17_16-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Usha Nilsson (1997), Mira bai, Sahitya Akademi, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8126004119" title="Special:BookSources/978-8126004119">978-8126004119</a>, pages 16-17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Edwin Bryant (2007), Krishna: A Sourcebook, Oxford University Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0195148923" title="Special:BookSources/978-0195148923">978-0195148923</a>, page 245</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">are Munhata Nainsi's Khyat from <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur" title="Jodhpur">Jodhpur</a>, Prem Ambodh from <a href="/wiki/Amritsar" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a>, and Nabhadas's Chappy from <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>; 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Sweet on My Lips. The Love Poems of Mira Bai. Cool Grove PrBrooklyn NY, 1997, 2003, 2016</li> <li>Mirabai: Liebesnärrin. Die Verse der indischen Dichterin und Mystikerin. Translated from Rajasthani into German by Shubhra Parashar. Kelkheim, 2006 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-935727-09-7" title="Special:BookSources/3-935727-09-7">3-935727-09-7</a>)</li> <li>Hawley, John Stratton. The Bhakti Voices: Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in Their Times and Ours, Oxford 2005.</li> <li>Sethi, V.K.: Mira—The Divine Lover; Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Punjab, India; 1988</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBankey_Behari1935" class="citation book cs1">Bankey Behari (1935). <i>The Story of Mira Bai</i>. 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