Leela Charitra Explained

Leela Charitra is a biography of Chakradhar Swami, the guru of the Mahanubhava sect, and is a sacred text of that sect.[1] It was written in the late 13th century by their follower Mhaimbhat with reference from Shri Nagdev Aacharya

The Lilacharitra, was written in Marathi. It was further translated in Hindi by many authors like Late. Shri Vidyadhar Babaji Punjabi and the other one was Dr. Yashraj Shastri.

The Lilacharitra, though written in Marathi, is replete with Kannada words.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nagendra . Indian Literature . 1988 . Prabhat Prakashan . 19812121 . 205 . Delhi .
  2. Book: Novetzke, Christian Lee . The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India . 18 October 2016 . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-54241-8 . 342 . en.