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Namdev (Pronunciation: [naːmdeʋ] ), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, c. 26 October 1270 – c. 3 July 1350 [1]) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. He was as a devotee of the deity Vithoba of Pandharpur.
Namdev, also known as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, and Namadeva, was a Marathi Hindu poet and saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, India, who practiced Hinduism in the Varkari school. He lived as a devotee of Pandharpur's Lord Vitthal (Krishna).
Namdev of Maharashtra was a saint of mediaeval India. He was not a servant of Lord Krishna, but His companion. Namdev was an Amsa (part) of Lord Krishna. Namdev was a contemporary of Jnanadev, the famous saint of Maharashtra, being his senior in age by about five years. He was born in 1269 A.D.
Namdev (born 1270?, Narasi, India—died 1350?, Pandharpur, Bahmani) was a leading poet-saint of the Indian medieval period, who wrote in the Marathi language. Namdev was the son of a tailor and thus of low caste.
नामदेव. इटैलिक टेक्स्ट. नामदेव भारत के प्रसिद्ध संत थे। इनके समय में नाथ और महानुभाव पंथों का महाराष्ट्र में प्रचार था। [1]
Namdev of Maharashtra was a saint of medieval India. He was not a servant of Lord Krishna, but His companion. Namdev was an Aṅśa of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Namdev was a contemporary of Jnānadev, the famous saint of Maharashtra, being his senior in age by about five years. He was born in 1269 A.D.
Namdev (occasionally Nam Dev or Sant Namdev) (c. 1270 - c. 1350 C.E.) was a prominent Bhakti poet of Maharashtra and among the earliest of those who wrote in the Marathi language.
Mar 1, 2014 · Naamadeva lived more than twenty years in Ghuman village of Gurudaspur district of Punjab. 61 of his 125 abhangas in Hindi adorn the guru Granth Sahib of Sikhs and he is a much venerated saint in Punjab and Rajasthan. In his early fifties Namdev settled down in Pandharpur where his devotees thronged to hear his self-composed kirtans.
Namdev, like his mentor Jnanadev, was a devotee of the Vitthala movement, a pastoral sect with a distinctive bhakti (devotional) attitude dedicated to Krishna or Rama. Many poets and saints in the bhakhti traditions, including Namdev, are revered by the later Sikh religion, as well.
NAMDEV (1270-1350), saint of Maharashtra who composed poetry of fervent devotion in Marathi as well as in Hindi. His Hindi verse and his extended visit to the Punjab carried his fame far beyond the borders of Maharashtra.
