Sant
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Sant is an Indian term derived from a Sanskrit
verb that means both "to be good" and "to be real". From the fifteenth century the term has often referred to those who sing the name of God and worship Him, particularly the bhakti
poets of Marathi
. Sant is a surname among deshastha brahmin
s, both Rigvedi and Yajurvedi.
Sant Ji may refer to:
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
verb that means both "to be good" and "to be real". From the fifteenth century the term has often referred to those who sing the name of God and worship Him, particularly the bhakti
Bhakti
In Hinduism Bhakti is religious devotion in the form of active involvement of a devotee in worship of the divine.Within monotheistic Hinduism, it is the love felt by the worshipper towards the personal God, a concept expressed in Hindu theology as Svayam Bhagavan.Bhakti can be used of either...
poets of Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
. Sant is a surname among deshastha brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
s, both Rigvedi and Yajurvedi.
Sant Ji may refer to:
- SwarupanandSwarupanandBeli Ram, Sri Swami Swarupanand ji Maharaj was an Indian guru of the Advait Mat lineage. He was also known as "Second Master", "Param Sant Ji" and as Sri Nangli Sahib....
(1884–1936), the second master of Advait Mat - Fateh Singh (Sikh leader)Fateh Singh (Sikh leader)Fateh Singh was an Indian Sikh religious and political leader, and a key figure in the Punjabi Suba movement. He was revered as Sant Fateh Singh among his followers.- Early days :...
(1911–1972), a Sikh leader from India - Sant Ajaib SinghSant Ajaib SinghSant Ajaib Singh known to his disciples as Sant Ji was born on the 11th of September 1926 in Maina, District Bhatinda, Punjab, India. He is considered a Sant of Surat Shabd Yoga. His Master Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj of Delhi was a disciple of Sawan Singh...
, or Ajaib Singh Ji Maharaj (1926–1997) - Perfect Master of Surat Shabd Yoga - Harchand Singh Longowal (1928–1985), President of Akali Dal at the time of Punjab insurgency
- Prem RawatPrem RawatPrem Pal Singh Rawat , also known as Maharaji and formerly known as Guru Maharaj Ji and Balyogeshwar, teaches a meditation practice he calls Knowledge....
(b. 1957), known also as Sant Ji Maharaj, Balyogeshwar, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Maharaji - Jarnail Singh BhindranwaleJarnail Singh BhindranwaleJarnail Singh Bhindranwale was the leader of the Damdami Taksal, a Sikh religious group based in India, who supported implementation of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution. In 1981, Bhindranwale was arrested for his suspected involvement in the murder of Jagat Narain, the proprietor of the Hind...
(1947–1984), a leader of the Damdami TaksalDamdami TaksalThe Damdami Taksal is a 300 years old educational organization said to have been founded by the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh. According to the Damdami Taksal, it was entrusted with the responsibility of teaching the reading , analysis and recitation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Gobind...
List of sants
The following are classed as sants, including legendary figures.- Mirabai, famous Bhakta poetess, devotee of KrishnaKrishnaKrishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...
- Sant DynaneshewarDnyaneshwarDnyāneshwar , also known as Jñanadeva , was born into a Deshastha Brahmin Kulkarni family.He was a 13th century Maharashtrian Hindu saint , poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath tradition whose works Bhavartha deepika teeka ,...
- Sant EknathEknathEknath was a prominent Marathi scholar and religious poet. He is called a "sant" in the Marathi tradition as are most other religious poets...
- Sant TulsidasTulsidasTulsidas , was a Hindu poet-saint, reformer and philosopher renowned for his devotion for the god Rama...
- Sant RamanandaRamanandaRamananda , also referred to as Sant Ramanand or Swami Ramanand, was a Vaishnava sant. He is considered to be the reviver of the Ramanandi sect. Ramananda for the most part of his life lived in the holy city of Varanasi, and was a pioneer of the Bhakti movement, as well as a social reformer in...
, Brahmin, devotee of RamaRamaRama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
, had many backward caste disciples including KabirKabirKabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement... - Sant RamanujaRamanujaRamanuja ; traditionally 1017–1137, also known as Ramanujacharya, Ethirajar , Emperumannar, Lakshmana Muni, was a theologian, philosopher, and scriptural exegete...
, Brahmin whose guru was from a backward caste (and saw seeing equality in all humans). Many of his disciples were from backward castes, including Kanchipurna. - Sant TukaramTukaramSant Tukaram was a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet during a Bhakti movement in India.Sant Tukaram was born and lived most of his life in Dehu, a town close to Pune in Mahārāshtra, India. He was born to a couple with the family name "More", the descendent of the Mourya Clan with first...
, a Kunbi member, devotee of KrishnaKrishnaKrishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...
, guru of BahinabaiBahinabaiBahinabai or Bahina or Bahini is a Varkari female-saint from Maharashtra, India. She is considered as a disciple of another Varkari poet-saint Tukaram. Born in a brahmin family, Bahinabai was married to a widower at a tender age and spent most of her childhood wandering around Maharashtra along...
(Brahmin) and part of the BhaktiBhaktiIn Hinduism Bhakti is religious devotion in the form of active involvement of a devotee in worship of the divine.Within monotheistic Hinduism, it is the love felt by the worshipper towards the personal God, a concept expressed in Hindu theology as Svayam Bhagavan.Bhakti can be used of either...
movement - Sant Bogar
- Sant NammalvarNammalvarNammalvar also Nammazhwar,Nammaazhvaar, Nammazhvar, Nammaalvaar, Nammalwar;Tamil: நம்மாழ்வார்) was one of the twelve Alvars, well known for his many hymns on devotion to Vishnu. Legend gives him the date 3102 B.C....
, an AlvarAlvarAn alvar is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and, as a result, sparse vegetation. It is also known as a pavement barren although this term is also used for similar landforms based on sandstone. In the United Kingdom the exposed landform is called a limestone...
Vaishnava devotee - Sant Garib DasGarib DasSant Garib Das was a saint and reformer noted for his piety and poetry. He was a religious person who was founder of a new religious sect known as 'Garibdasi sect' and composed granth called 'Garib Das ki granth Sahib'. It is a tenet of the sect that Kabir and Ram are identical-Ram men kabir men...
from Chhudani Dham,Haryana - Sant JanabaiJanabaiJanābāi was a Marāthi religious poetess in the Hindu tradition in India, who was born likely in the seventh or the eighth decade of the 13th century. According to folklore, she died in 1350....
- Sant KabirKabirKabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement...
, member of the weaver caste, Vaishnava devotee of RamaRamaRama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
tried to bring peace between Hindus and Muslims - Sant Kanchipurna, devotee of VaradarajaVaradarajaVaradarāja was a 17th century Sanskrit grammarian. He compiled an abridgement of the work of his master, the Siddhānta Kaumudī of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, in three versions, referred to as madhya "middle", laghu "short" and sāra "substance, quintessence" versions of the Siddhāntakaumudī, the latter...
- Sant NamdevNamdevSant Namdeo or Bhagat Namdeo was born on October 29, 1270 in the state of Maharashtra village of Narasi-Bamani, in Hingoli district . His father, a calico printer/tailor, was named Damshet and his mother's name was Gonabai...
, Vaishnava devotee of Vithoba - Sant PhuleMahatma Jyotirao PhuleMahatma Jotiba Govindrao Phule , also known as Mahatma Jotiba Phule was an activist, thinker, social reformer, writer, philosopher, theologist, scholar, editor and revolutionary from Maharashtra, India in the nineteenth century. Jotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule were the pioneer of...
, Mali (gardener) - Sant Samarth RamdasSamarth RamdasRamdas was a prominent Marathi saint and religious poet in the Hindu tradition in Maharashtra, India. Samarth Ramdas was a devotee of Lord Hanuman and Lord Rama...
, Maharashtra, devotee of Rama and guru of King Shivaji. Authored DasbodhDasbodhDāsbodh , loosely meaning advise to the disciple, is a classical 17th Century Hindu Advaita Vedanta spiritual text. It was orally narrated by saint Samarth Ramdas, spiritual advisor of the famous King Shivaji, to his disciple Kalyan Swami. The narration is believed to have taken place in a cave...
and Manache Shlok - Sant Savata MaliSavata MaliShri Sant Savata Mali - Hindu bhakti Saint born into the Mali community from 13th century, he was contemprary of Sant Namdeo. He was a great devotee of Lord Vitthal , while working on his field he sang the glory of vithalla. Lord vitthal came to meet him in village Aran since he never able to go...
, Mali - Sant Sena NhaviSena NhaviA Marathi Vaishnava Saint who was a devotee of Lord VittalA Marathi Vaishnava Saint who was a devotee of Lord VittalA Marathi Vaishnava Saint who was a devotee of Lord Vittal:As a barber, I shall give a dressing...
, Nai (barber) - Sree Narayana Guru
- Maharshi Ved Vyasa, composed the MahabharataMahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
and the Upanishads - Maharshi MatangaMatangaMatanga may be:*the name of an elephant in Hindu mythology*the name of an Boddhisattva, protagonist of the Matanga Jataka*name of a Pratyekabuddha*name of the author of the Brihaddeshi, an early treatise on classical Indian music...
- Sant Chokha Mela, Mahar
- Sant Guru GhasidasGuru GhasidasSatguru Ghāsidās is a Hindu saint, successor of the Satnam sect of Chhattisgarh, migrated from Narnaul Hariyana. Satguru Ghasidas was born on Monday 18 December 1718. The date of death of Satguru Ghasidas is unknown. No kabra no samadhi place present of Satguru Ghasidas...
- Sant KannappaKannappa' may refer to:* Kannappa Nayanar, one of the 63 Nayanars* Bedara Kannappa, a Kannada film* Bhakta Kannappa, a Telugu film...
Nayanar - Sant NandanarNandanarNandanar was a Nayanar saint born in South India who became a great devotee of Lord Shiva.Nandanar was born in a village called Adhanurin a poor family. He was born at the cruel time where untouchability was being practised, as he belonged to Paraiyar community, which was considered as an...
(Nanthanaar), Athanuur, devotee of Shiva, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints - Sant Raidas/Ravidas, Chamar (cobbler) member, the GuruGuruA guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...
of MeeraMeeraMeerabai was an aristocratic Hindu mystical singer and devotee of Lord Krishna from Rajasthan and one of the most significant figures of the Sant tradition of the Vaishnava bhakti movement... - Sant Shri Lilashaji Maharaj
- Sant Shri Asharamji Bapu
- Sant Samartha Ramdas
- Gajanan Maharaj
- Sant Gadge Baba
External links
- Bapu
- Sant
- Hindu Deities, Sages and Saints Who were not Brahmins an article by Vishal Agarwal