Mukundraj ( IAST: Mukundarāja) was one of the earliest

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literary figures poet. Some earlier scholars dated him to the 12th century. Scholars do not have unanimity among them about the place where Mukundraj mostly lived. He was probably born at

Pauni Pauni is a town and a Municipal Council in Bhandara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Now it has National Highway NH-247. Pauni is also known as Kashi of Vidarbha due to its wide swath of temples. Geography Pauni is located at . It ...

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. There is a ''samadhi'' (monument) of Mukundraj at Ambajogai in the Beed district of Maharashtra

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. Mukundraj belonged to the

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philosophy. He wrote the religious compositions ''Vivek Sindhu'' (IAST: ''Vivekasindhu'') and ''Paramamrut'' (IAST: ''Paramamṛta''). Some earlier scholars dated ''Vivekasindhu'' to 1188, and believed it to be the first work of literature in Marathi language. However, Mukundraj is now generally dated to 12th century or later: the ''Vivekasindhu'' was likely written after other Marathi works such as ''

Lilacaritra ''Leela Charitra'' is a biography of Chakradhar Swami, the guru of the Mahanubhava sect, and is a sacred text of that sect. It was written in the late 13th century by his follower Mhaimbhat. The ''Lilacharitra'', though written in Marathi, is ...

'' and ''

Dnyaneshwari The ''Dnyaneshwari'' ( mr, ज्ञानेश्वरी) ( IAST: Jñānēśvarī), also referred to as ''Jnanesvari'', ''Jnaneshwari'' or ''Bhavartha Deepika'' is a commentary on the '' Bhagavad Gita'' written by the Marathi saint and poet ...

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