Kavi Bhushan

Kavi Bhushan (c. 1613–1715) ^[1]was an Indian poet in the courts of the Bundeli king Chhatrasal^[2] and the Maratha king Shivaji I.^[1] He mainly wrote in Brajbhasha interspersed with words from Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian languages. He was a scholar poet of Anurag and Shlesh Alankar.

Early life

Bhushan originally resided in the Tikwapur village in present-day Ghatampur tehsil, Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh in a Brahmin Family.^[3] He was the brother of the poets Chintamani and Matiram. Bhushan's original name is unknown. Kavi Bhushan ("Precious Poet") was a title given to him by the Rudra Pratap of Chitrakoot.^[4]

He first met Shivaji I when the latter visited Agra to meet the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb; thereafter, Bhushan was supported by Shivaji I. Bhushan later moved from Varanasi to Maratha Kingdom in the 1670s, and attended Shivaji's durbar (court) in Pune.^{[citation needed]}

Use of Puns

Kavi Bhushan was known for the use of puns in his poetry.^{[citation needed]}^{[original research?]}

Literary works

Shivaa Bhushan
Shivabavani
Chatrashaal Dashak
Saaransh ki khani

References

^ ^a ^b Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1999). Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850. Orient Blackswan. p. 54. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ K. K. Kusuman (1990). A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume. Mittal Publications. p. 157. ISBN 978-81-7099-214-1. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
^ People's Raj. Vol. 30. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1974. p. 78.
^ Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1999). Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850. Orient Blackswan. p. 54. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

External links

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[Sujit19992-1] Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1999). Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850. Orient Blackswan. p. 54. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[KKKusuman19902-2] K. K. Kusuman (1990). A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume. Mittal Publications. p. 157. ISBN 978-81-7099-214-1. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

[3] People's Raj. Vol. 30. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1974. p. 78.

[Sujit1999-4] Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1999). Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850. Orient Blackswan. p. 54. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

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