Santಸಂತ Dnyāneshwarಜ್ಞಾನೇಶ್ವರ / Sant Jñāneshwar (1275೧೨೭೫-1296 ೧೨೯೬) (ज्ञानेश्वर in Marathi)- (alsoಜ್ಞಾನದೇವ known as Jñanadeva - ज्ञानदेवಎಂದೂ ಕರೆಯುವುದುಂಟು) wasಹದಿಮೂರನೆಯ a13thಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ centurysaint-poet[[ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ]]ದ bornಅಹಮದ್ inನಗರ Ahmednagarಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ districtಹುಟ್ಟಿ ofಬಾಳಿದ Maharashtrastate,ಸಂತ west Indiaಕವಿ. He was a yogi born in a socially outcast high-caste family. He was the first noteworthy proponent of Bhagawat sampradaya, a sect of bhakti (devotional worship) tradition in Hinduism. Dnyaneshwar composed Bhavarthadeepika or Dnyaneshwari (ज्ञानेश्वरी), to explain sacred knowledge of the holy book Bhagavad Gita to the masses. He took sanjeevan Samadhi, a yogic path to salvation by giving up life at the young age of 21.▼
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▲Sant Dnyāneshwar / Sant Jñāneshwar (1275-1296) (ज्ञानेश्वर in Marathi) (also known as Jñanadeva - ज्ञानदेव ) was a 13th century saint-poet born in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state, west India. He was a yogi born in a socially outcast high-caste family. He was the first noteworthy proponent of Bhagawat sampradaya, a sect of bhakti (devotional worship) tradition in Hinduism. Dnyaneshwar composed Bhavarthadeepika or Dnyaneshwari (ज्ञानेश्वरी), to explain sacred knowledge of the holy book Bhagavad Gita to the masses. He took sanjeevan Samadhi, a yogic path to salvation by giving up life at the young age of 21.