Bijak
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Bijak is a compilation of verses and hymns attributed to Kabir, a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint. The term "Bijak" translates to "Seedling" or "The Seed" in English, symbolizing the essence of Kabir's teachings. The text is central to the Kabir Panth, a spiritual movement that follows his philosophy.
According to Ahmed Shah, who first translated the Bijak into English, Kabir composed his verses in the regional language spoken around Banaras, Mirzapur and Gorakhpur, which he identified as Bhojpuri, extending from eastern Uttar Pradesh to western Bihar and northwards to the Himalayan border.[1][2] Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Uday Narayan Tiwari, and Dr. Shukdev Singh have also identified the language of the Bijak as Bhojpuri.[3][4] However, George A. Grierson considered it's language to be Old Awadhi. Most linguistic accounts identify the language of the Bijak as Bhojpuri.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ahmad Shah (1917). The Bijak Of Kabir.
- ↑ Vaudeville, Charlotte (1990). "Kabīr's Language and Languages, Hinduī as the Language of Non-Conformity". Indo-Iranian Journal. 33 (4): 259–266. ISSN 0019-7246.
- ↑ Niraguna bānī (in Hindi). Akhila Bhāratīya Bhojapurī Sāhitya Sammelana. 1978.
- ↑ Kabir (1972). Kabīra-bījaka (in Hindi). Nīlābha Prakāśana.
- ↑ Bhojapurī Akādamī nibandhamālā (in Bihari). Bhojapurī Akādamī. 1995.
- ↑ Janapadīya bhāshāoṃ kā sāhitya (in Hindi). Sāhitya Prakāśana. 1975.
- मूलबीजकटीकासहित, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, 1995.
- The Bijak of Kabir, by Linda Hess (Translator), Shukdev Singh (Translator), Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
- Kabir Jivan Katha by Sant Vivekdas Acharya, Kabir Bhavan, Mandangir, Pushpa Bhavan, New Delhi-110062
- The Bijak of Kabir; translated into English
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