Saint Tulsidas says,The two letters in the word Ram are just like the umbrella and the crown.In Devanagri Ra is written in the shape of an umbrella and Ma.
![]() He has been acclaimed as one of the greatest poets in HindiIndianand world literature. The lost vowels are an aspect of the Schwa deletion in Indo-Aryan languages and can vary between regions. The name is a compound of two Sanskrit words: Tulsidas himself has given only a few facts and hints about events of his life in various works. Till late nineteenth century, the two widely known ancient sources on Tulsidas life were the Bhaktamal composed by Nabhadas between andand a commentary on Bhaktamal titled Bhaktirasbodhini composed by Priyadas in Priyadas work was composed around a hundred years after the death of Tulsidas and had eleven additional stanzas, describing seven miracles or spiritual experiences from the life of Tulsidas. In the s a fifth ancient account was published based on an old manuscript, the Gautam Chandrika composed by Krishnadatta Misra of Varanasi in The accounts published later are not considered authentic by some modern scholars, whereas some other scholars have been unwilling to dismiss them. Nabhadas writes in his Bhaktamal literally, the Garland of bhakt or devotee that Tulsidas was the re-incarnation of Valmiki in the Kali Yuga. Hanuman was saddened at Valmikis state of mind and, being a true bhakta without any desire for glory, Hanuman cast tulsiddas the rocks into the ocean, some parts of which are believed to be available today as Hanuman Nataka. Tulsidas was born on saptamithe seventh day of shukla pakshathe bright half of the lunar Hindu calendar month Shraavana JulyAugust. There is difference of opinion among biographers regarding the year of birth of Tulsidas. Biographers who disagree with this year argue that it makes the life span of Tulsidas equal years, which in their opinion is unlikely if not impossible. In contrast, Ramchandra Shukla says that an age of is not impossible for a Mahatma great soul like Tulsidas. Chuniya took the child to her village of Haripur and looked after him for five and a half years after which she died. Most authors identify the Varaha Kshetra referred to by Tulsidas with the Sookarkshetra is ddohavali Soron Varaha Kshetra in modern-day Kasganj35 Tulsidas further mentions in the Ramcharitmanas that his guru repeatedly dohavqli the Ramayana to him, which led him to understand it somewhat. When Tulsidas came to know this, he swam across the Yamuna river in the night to meet his wife. Here, he renounced the Grihastha householders life stage and became a Sadhu Hindu ascetic. Some authors consider the marriage episode of Tulsidas to be a dlhavali interpolation and maintain that he was a bachelor. ![]() Tulsidas hints at several places in his works, that he had met face to face with Hanuman and Rama. This quenched the thirst of a Preta a type of ghost believed to be ever thirsty for waterwho appeared to Tulsidas and offered him a boon. The Preta told Tulsidas that Hanuman comes everyday disguised in the mean attire of a leper to listen to his Katha, he is the first to arrive and last to leave. That evening Tulsidas noted that the first listener to arrive at his discourse was an old leper, who sat at the end of the gathering. ![]()
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