Sabhasad Bakhar Explained

Sabhasad Bakhar
Author:Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad
Title Orig:Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra
Orig Lang Code:mr
Country:India
Language:Marathi
Subject:Biography of Shivaji
Genre:Bakhar
Pub Date:1697

Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra (IAST: Śrī-Śiva-Prabhuce-Caritra), better known as Sabhasad Bakhar, is a Marathi language biography of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. It was written by Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad at Jinji,[1] at the court of Shivaji's son Rajaram in 1697.[2]

The text describes several notable events in Shivaji's life, including Shivaji's killing of Afzal Khan, his visit to and escape from the Mughal court, his coronation, and his meeting with Venkoji.[3] Since the author was a contemporary of Shivaji, it is considered the most reliable bakhar about the king's life.[4]

The Siva Chhatrapati volume is the English translation of the Sabhasad Bakhar. [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jagadish Narayan Sarkar . History of history writing in medieval India . 1977 . Ratna . 6 .
  2. Book: James W. Laine . Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India . registration . 2003 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-566771-4 . 21 .
  3. Book: K. Ayyappa Paniker . Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections . 1997 . Sahitya Akademi . 978-81-260-0365-5 . 377–378.
  4. Book: Richard Maxwell Eaton . The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700: Social Roles of Sufis in Medieval India . 2015 . Princeton University Press . 978-1-4008-6815-5 . 184 .
  5. Book: Sabhasada, Krshnaji Ananta . Siva Chhatrapati: Being a Translation of Sabhasad Bakhar With Extracts From Chitnis and Sivadigvijya, With Notes . Sen . Surendra Nath . University of Calcutta . 1920 . Calcutta, India . English.