bhakti literature from North India

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namaskaar,

> >>> I noticed that many messages have references to Tamil. I am from

> >>> Hariyana, and am totally ignorant of the Tamil language.

>

> >You will not find many/any references to bhakti literature from

> >North India - that discussion is considered outside the 'scope of this list'.

>

> Bhakti is incessant love and hence knows no language.

> To let others know what Bhakti can do and how great "it" is great

> people/avatars have passed on their experiences for the good of this world,

> in the form of compositions.

> So if someone is willing to share the greatness of Bhakti (which is language

> independent) he or she should be encouraged. So please share with us the

> great experiences that you can think of.

 

My apologies for limiting the 'scope of the list'. Thank you Mani & Raghu

for pointing it out as well as for encouraging others to post bhakti

literature from North India.

 

Since I like bhajans a lot, I shall try and post some on the list. I will

try my hand at translating them too, though I neither have the knowledge

nor the bhaava (feeling) required for doing justice to them.

 

I will follow the ITRANS 5.1 encoding scheme for the transliteration of

bhajans.

 

It is given below for reference:

 

Vowels (dependent and independent):

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a aa / A i ii / I u uu / U

R^i R^I L^i L^I

e ai o au aM aH

 

Consonants:

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k kh g gh ~N

ch Ch j jh ~n

T Th D Dh N

t th d dh n

p ph b bh m

y r l v / w

sh Sh s h L

x / kSh GY / j~n / dny shr

R (for marathi half-RA)

L / ld (marathi LLA)

 

Consonants with a nukta (dot) under them (mainly for Urdu devanagari):

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k with a dot: q

kh with a dot: K

g with a dot: G

j with a dot: z

p with a dot: f

D with a dot: .D

Dh with a dot: .Dh

 

Specials/Accents:

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Anusvara: .n / M / .m (dot on top of previous consonant/vowel)

Avagraha: .a (`S' like symbol basically to replace a after o)

Ardhachandra: .c (for vowel sound as in english words `cat' or `talk')

Chandra-Bindu: .N (chandra-bindu on top of previous letter)

Halant: .h (to get half-form of the consonant - no vowel -

virama)

Visarga: H (visarga - looks like a colon character)

Om: OM, AUM (Om symbol)

 

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