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Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)
14th Century

About Janabai

Timeline (1298 - 1350?)

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English version by
Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande

Original Language
Marathi
There is nothing empty of divine

Themes
  Sexual Union
  Wine
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion, Edited by Anne Feldhaus
Women Saints in World Religions, Edited by Arvind Sharma
Women Writing in India: 600 BC to the Present: Volume 1, Edited by Susie Tharu / Edited by K. Lalita

What I eat is divine
What I drink is divine
My bed is also divine
The divine is here, and it is there
There is nothing empty of divine
Jani says---Vithabai has filled
everything from the inside out

 

 

-- from Women Saints in World Religions, Edited by Arvind Sharma

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