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	There are some term related to bhajan. [https://bhajansimran.com/ Bhajansimran] and Bhajankirtan which helps a disiciple to achieve the higher reverence towards the alimight God. Bhajan is a also devotional song that has a religious theme or contains spiritual ideas. Moreover, it can be written in any language from the Indian subcontinent. '''Bhajanam,''' which means reverence, which comes from the root word '''<nowiki/>'bhaj''''. It means to revere as in '''"bhaja Govindam".''' The term '''"bhajana",''' also means sharing.		There are some term related to bhajan. [https://bhajansimran.com/ Bhajansimran] and Bhajankirtan which helps a disiciple to achieve the higher reverence towards the alimight God. Bhajan is a also devotional song that has a religious theme or contains spiritual ideas. Moreover, it can be written in any language from the Indian subcontinent. '''Bhajanam,''' which means reverence, which comes from the root word '''<nowiki/>'bhaj''''. It means to revere as in '''"bhaja Govindam".''' The term '''"bhajana",''' also means sharing.


	God [https://allhindilyric.com/category/bhajan/ ''Bhajan'' Lyrics] Bhajan Is A Form Of Hindu Devotional Song Usually Sung To The Accompaniment Of A Harmonium, Or Musical Instrument. It Is Usually Sung In Praise Of A Hindu Goddess Or Deity. Bhajan Literally Means “To Share”. It Is A Way In Which Devotees Share Their Love With The Lord. Singing Hymns Is An Offering To The Lord, Which Is Believed To Please Him.

	===Bhajan versus Kirtan in the Hindu traditions===		===Bhajan versus Kirtan in the Hindu traditions===

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	There are some term related to bhajan. [https://bhajansimran.com/ Bhajansimran] and Bhajankirtan which helps a disiciple to achieve the higher reverence towards the alimight God. Bhajan is a also devotional song that has a religious theme or contains spiritual ideas. Moreover, it can be written in any language from the Indian subcontinent. '''Bhajanam,''' which means reverence, which comes from the root word '''<nowiki/>'bhaj''''. It means to revere as in '''"bhaja Govindam".''' The term '''"bhajana",''' also means sharing.		There are some term related to bhajan. [https://bhajansimran.com/ Bhajansimran] and Bhajankirtan which helps a disiciple to achieve the higher reverence towards the alimight God. Bhajan is a also devotional song that has a religious theme or contains spiritual ideas. Moreover, it can be written in any language from the Indian subcontinent. '''Bhajanam,''' which means reverence, which comes from the root word '''<nowiki/>'bhaj''''. It means to revere as in '''"bhaja Govindam".''' The term '''"bhajana",''' also means sharing.


			God [https://allhindilyric.com/category/bhajan/ ''Bhajan'' Lyrics] Bhajan Is A Form Of Hindu Devotional Song Usually Sung To The Accompaniment Of A Harmonium, Or Musical Instrument. It Is Usually Sung In Praise Of A Hindu Goddess Or Deity. Bhajan Literally Means “To Share”. It Is A Way In Which Devotees Share Their Love With The Lord. Singing Hymns Is An Offering To The Lord, Which Is Believed To Please Him.

	===Bhajan versus Kirtan in the Hindu traditions===		===Bhajan versus Kirtan in the Hindu traditions===

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[[File:Navaratri Bajan.jpg|thumb|''Bhajan'' in [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]] during [[Navratri]] [[Golu]]]]
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'''Bhajan''' refers to any devotional song with religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among [[Indian religions]], in any of the languages from the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p97">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch|url-access=registration|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M|author=James G. Lochtefeld|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|year=2002|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8|page=97}}</ref> The term '''bhajanam''' ([[Sanskrit]]: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word '''bhaj''' (Sanskrit: भजति), means to ''revere'', as in "bhaja govindam". The term "'''bhajana'''" also means ''sharing''.

The term ''''bhajan'''<nowiki/>' is also commonly used to refer a group event, with one or more lead singers, accompanied with music, and sometimes dancing.<ref name="kaminskylong484">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVxlfDHGTFYC|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky|author2=Roger D. Long|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2011|isbn=978-0-313-37463-0|pages=484–485}}</ref> Minimally there is a percussion accompaniment such as tabla, a dholak or tambourine. Handheld small cymbals (kartals) are commonly used to maintain the beat, rhythm. A bhajan may be sung in a temple, in a home, under a tree in the open, near a river bank or a place of historic significance.<ref name=":0">Anna King, John Brockington, ''The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indic Religions'', Orient Longman 2005, p 179.</ref>

As a bhajan has no prescribed form, or set rules, it is in free form, normally lyrical and based on melodic [[raga]]s.<ref name="CushRobinson2012p87">{{cite book|author1=Denise Cush|author2=Catherine Robinson|author3=Michael York|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzPgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 |year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-18979-2 |pages=87–88 }}</ref> It belongs to a genre of music and arts that developed with the [[Bhakti movement]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p97"/> It is found in the various traditions of [[Hinduism]] as well as [[Jainism]]. Within Hinduism, it is particularly prevalent in [[Vaishnavism]].<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p97"/>

Ideas from scriptures, legendary epics, the teachings of saints and loving devotion to a [[deity]] are the typical subjects of bhajans.<ref name="CushRobinson2012p87"/>

South Indian bhakti pioneers, but bhajans have been widely composed anonymously and shared as a musical and arts tradition. Its genre such as Nirguni, Gorakhanathi, Vallabhapanthi, Ashtachhap, Madhura-bhakti and the traditional South Indian form Sampradya Bhajan each have their own repertoire and methods of singing.<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA430|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=430–431}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The Sanskrit word ''bhajan'' or ''bhajana'' is derived from the root {{transl|sa|bhaj}}, which means "divide, share, partake, participate, to belong to".<ref name="Cutler">{{cite book|last=Cutler|first=Norman|title=Songs of Experience|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=1987|pages=1|isbn=978-0-253-35334-4|url=https://books.google.com/?id=veSItWingx8C&pg=PA1}}</ref><ref name="Prentiss">{{cite book|last=Pechilis Prentiss|first=Karen|title=The Embodiment of Bhakti|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=US|year=1999|page=24|isbn=978-0-19-512813-0|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Vu95WgeUBfEC&pg=PA24}}</ref><ref name="Werner">{{cite book|last=Werner|first=Karel|title=Love Divine: studies in bhakti and devotional mysticism|publisher=Routledge|year=1993|pages=168|isbn=978-0-7007-0235-0|url=https://books.google.com/?id=pYahlaJCLnYC&pg=PA168}}</ref> The word also connotes "attachment, devotion to, fondness for, homage, faith or love, worship, piety to something as a spiritual, religious principle or means of salvation".<ref>{{cite book|author=Monier Monier-Williams|title=A Sanskrit-English Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3NWAAAAcAAJ |year=1872|publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=695 }}</ref>

==Hinduism==

===Historical roots===
In Hinduism, ''Bhajan'' and its Bhakti analog ''[[Kirtan]]'', have roots in the ancient metric and musical traditions of the Vedic era, particularly the [[Samaveda]]. The Samaveda [[Samhita]] is not meant to be ''read'' as a text, it is like a musical score sheet that must be ''heard''.<ref name=staal107>Frits Staal (2009), Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights, Penguin, {{ISBN|978-0143099864}}, pages 107-112</ref>

Other late Vedic texts mention the two scholars Shilalin ([[IAST]]: Śilālin) and Krishashva (Kṛśaśva), credited to be pioneers in the studies of ancient drama, singing and dance.<ref name="Lidova1994p111a">{{cite book|author=Natalia Lidova |title=Drama and Ritual of Early Hinduism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TKarwqJJP0C |date=1994 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1234-5 |pages=111–114}}</ref>{{Sfn|Tarla Mehta|1995|pp=xxiv, xxxi–xxxii, 17}} The art schools of Shilalin and Krishashva may have been associated with the performance of Vedic rituals, which involved story telling with embedded ethical values.<ref name="Lidova1994p111a"/> The Vedic traditions integrated rituals with performance arts, such as a dramatic play, where not only praises to gods were recited or sung, but the dialogues were part of a dramatic representation and discussion of spiritual themes.<ref name=varadpande45>ML Varadpande (1990), History of Indian Theatre, Volume 1, Abhinav, {{ISBN|978-8170172789}}, pages 45–47</ref>{{Sfn|Maurice Winternitz|2008|pp=181–182}}

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|quote= '''A lyric from a Hindu Bhajan'''
<poem>
This body is but a guest of four days,
a house made of dirt.
On this earth your mark is made,
a symbol of your good work.
</poem>
|source =— Translated by David N. Lorenzen<ref>{{cite book|author=David N. Lorenzen|title=Bhakti Religion in North India: Community Identity and Political Action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpSxJg_ehnIC |year=1995|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn=978-0-7914-2025-6|page=242}}</ref>}}
The Vedas and Upanishads celebrate ''Nada-Brahman'', where certain sounds are considered elemental, triggering emotional feelings without necessarily having a literal meaning, and this is deemed sacred, liminal experience of the primeval ultimate reality and supreme truth.<ref name="NettlStone1998p246">{{cite book|author=Guy Beck|editor=Bruno Nettl|display-editors=et al|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia, the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC |year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=246–247}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Annette Wilke |author2=Oliver Moebus |title=Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wmYz_OtZ_gC |year=2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-024003-0 |pages=886–898 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Breck Reid|title=Psalms and Practice: Worship, Virtue, and Authority|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyGqWnBY4KIC |year=2001|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5080-6 |pages=10 }}</ref> This supreme truth is, states Guy Beck, considered as full of bliss and ''rasa'' (emotional taste) in the Hindu thought, and melodic sound considered a part of human spiritual experience.<ref name="NettlStone1998p246"/> Devotional music genre such as ''Bhajan'' are part of a tradition that emerged from these roots.<ref name="NettlStone1998p246"/>

===Hindu Bhajans===
A ''Bhajan'' in Hindu traditions is an informal, loosely structured devotional song with music in a regional language.<ref name="NettlStone1998p254">{{cite book|author=Guy Beck|editor=Bruno Nettl|display-editors=et al|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia, the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC |year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=251–254}}</ref> They are found all over India and Nepal, but are particularly popular among the [[Vaishnavism]] sub-traditions such as those driven by devotion to avatars of [[Vishnu]] such as [[Krishna]], [[Rama]], [[Vitthal]] and [[Narayana]] (often with their consorts).<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p97"/><ref name="NettlStone1998p254"/> In Southern India, Bhajanais follow a tradition (Sampradaya) called the [https://carnatic-circle.com/what-is-sampradaya-bhajanai/ '''''Dakshina Bharatha Sampradaya Bhajanai''''']. This involves a tradition that has been followed for the last several centuries and includes Songs/Krithis/Lyrics from great composers all over India encompassing many Indian languages.

A ''Bhajan'' may be sung individually, or more commonly together as a choral event wherein the lyrics include religious or spiritual themes in the local language.<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p97"/><ref name="CushRobinson2012p87"/> The themes are loving devotion to a deity, legends from the Epics or the Puranas, compositions of [[Bhakti movement]] saints, or spiritual themes from Hindu scriptures.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Annette Wilke |author2=Oliver Moebus |title=Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wmYz_OtZ_gC |year=2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-024003-0 |pages=2–3, 33–37}}</ref> The Bhajans in many Hindu traditions are a form of congregational singing and bonding, that gives the individual an opportunity to share in the music-driven spiritual and liturgical experience as well as the community a shared sense of identity, wherein people share food, meet and reconnect.<ref name="NettlStone1998p255"/> The ''bhajans'' have played a significant role in community organization in 19th and 20th century colonial era, when Indian workers were brought to distant lands such as [[Trinidad]], [[Fiji]] and [[South Africa]] as cheap labor on plantations.<ref>{{cite book|author=Movindri Reddy|title=Social Movements and the Indian Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAUBCwAAQBAJ |year=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-47897-3 |pages=164 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Helen Myers|title=Music of Hindu Trinidad: Songs from the India Diaspora|url=https://archive.org/details/musicofhindutrin00myer |url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-55453-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/musicofhindutrin00myer/page/88 88], 128 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=O'Callaghan | first=Marion | title=Hinduism in the Indian Diaspora in Trinidad | journal=Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies | volume=11 | issue=1 | year=1998 | doi=10.7825/2164-6279.1178 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

Some [https://allbhajanlyrics.com/bhajan/ ''Bhajan'' songs] are centuries old, popular on a pan-regional basis, passed down as a community tradition, while others newly composed. Everyone in Hindu tradition is free to compose a ''Bhajan'' with whatever ideas or in praise of any deity of their wish, but since they are sung, they typically follow meters of classical Indian music, the raga and the tala to go with the musical instruments.<ref name="NettlStone1998p247">{{cite book|author=Guy Beck|editor=Bruno Nettl|display-editors=et al|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia, the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC |year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=247–253}}</ref> They are sung in open air, inside temples such as those of Swaminarayan movement, in Vaishnava monasteries, during festivals or special events, and at pilgrimage centers.<ref name="NettlStone1998p255">{{cite book|author=Guy Beck|editor=Bruno Nettl|display-editors=et al|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia, the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC |year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=254–255}}</ref>

There are some term related to bhajan. [https://bhajansimran.com/ Bhajansimran] and Bhajankirtan which helps a disiciple to achieve the higher reverence towards the alimight God. Bhajan is a also devotional song that has a religious theme or contains spiritual ideas. Moreover, it can be written in any language from the Indian subcontinent. '''Bhajanam,''' which means reverence, which comes from the root word '''<nowiki/>'bhaj''''. It means to revere as in '''"bhaja Govindam".''' The term '''"bhajana",''' also means sharing.

===Bhajan versus Kirtan in the Hindu traditions===
A ''Bhajan'' is closely related to ''Kirtan'', with both sharing common aims, subjects, musical themes and being devotional performance arts. A ''Bhajan'' is more free in form, and can be singular melody that is performed by a single singer with or without one and more musical instruments. ''Kirtan'', in contrast, differs in being a more structured team performance, typically with a [[Call and response (music)|call and response]] musical structure, similar to an intimate conversation or gentle sharing of ideas, and it includes two or more musical instruments,<ref name=lavezzoli371>{{cite book|author=Peter Lavezzoli|title=The Dawn of Indian Music in the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC |year=2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1815-9 |pages=371–372 }}</ref><ref name=Brown>{{cite journal | author=Sara Black Brown | title=Krishna, Christians, and Colors: The Socially Binding Influence of Kirtan Singing at a Utah Hare Krishna Festival | journal=Ethnomusicology | publisher=University of Illinois Press | volume=58 | issue=3 | year=2014 | pages=454–480 | doi=10.5406/ethnomusicology.58.3.0454 }}</ref> with roots in the [[Sanskrit prosody|prosody]] principles of the Vedic era.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alanna Kaivalya|title=Sacred Sound: Discovering the Myth and Meaning of Mantra and Kirtan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PkhAwAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=New World |isbn=978-1-60868-244-7 |pages=117–122 }}</ref>

Many ''Kirtan'' are structured for more audience participation, where the singer calls a spiritual chant, a hymn, a mantra or a theme, the audience then responds back by repeating the chant or by chanting back a reply of their shared beliefs.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alanna Kaivalya|title=Sacred Sound: Discovering the Myth and Meaning of Mantra and Kirtan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PkhAwAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=New World|isbn=978-1-60868-244-7|pages=3–17, 34–35}}</ref><ref>Sara Brown (2012), ''Every Word Is a Song, Every Step Is a Dance'', PhD Thesis, Florida State University (Advisor: Michael Bakan), pages 25-26, 87-88, 277</ref> A ''Bhajan'', in contrast, is either experienced in silence or a "sing along".<ref name=lavezzoli371/><ref>{{cite book|author=Malory Nye |title=A Place for Our Gods: The Construction of an Edinburgh Hindu Temple Community|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QF5cAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113 |year=2013|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-78504-7 |pages=113 }}</ref>

==Jainism==
''Stavan'' is a form of popular and historically pervasive genre of devotional music in [[Jainism]].<ref name="Kelting2001p28"/> The subject of a ''Stavan'' varies, ranging from praise of Jina, Jain religious ideas and its philosophy, in a manner similar to [[Bhakti]] Bhajans.<ref name="Kelting2001p28">{{cite book|author=M. Whitney Kelting|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Mandal Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elcn1IEJ3CEC |year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-803211-3|pages=28–29, 84}}</ref>

Jainism rejects any Creator god, but accepts protector deities and rebirth of souls as heavenly beings, and its devotional singing traditions integrate these beliefs. ''Stavan'' may include dancing and worship rituals. Known as ''Bhajan'' in north and west Indian regional languages, a ''Stavan'' is typically sung as folk melodies by groups of Jain women, and are formal part of ceremonies and celebrations within Jainism.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter J. Claus|author2=Sarah Diamond|author3=Margaret Ann Mills|title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ienxrTPHzzwC&pg=PA302 |year=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-93919-5 |pages=302 }}</ref>

Nowadays Many old and new Jain Stavans are being sung and recorded by Jain singers.

==Sikhism==
The Sikh tradition places major emphasis on devotional worship to one formless God, and ''Bhajans'' are a part of this worship.<ref>{{cite book|author1=J. Gordon Melton |author2=Martin Baumann |title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C |year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 |pages=1397 }}</ref> A more common form of community singing is called ''Shabad Kirtan'' in Sikhism.<ref name="CushRobinson2012p87"/><ref name=kaminskylong484/> A ''Shabad Kirtan'' is performed by professional religious musicians, wherein ''bani'' (word, hymns) from the Sikh scripture are sung to a certain raga and tala.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kristen Haar|author2=Sewa Singh Kalsi|title=Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOI1nB_zTyAC |year=2009|publisher=Infobase |isbn=978-1-4381-0647-2 |pages=60–61}}</ref>

==Modern composers and singers of Bhajans==
[[File:Local musicians singing bhajan at kamakhya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India.webm|thumb|Local musicians singing bhajan at [[Kamakhya temple]], [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], India]]
A modern Bhajan has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a [[mantra]] or [[kirtan]] or as sophisticated as the [[dhrupad]], ''thumri'' or ''[[kriti]]'' with music based on [[Indian classical music|classical]] [[raga]]s and [[Tala (music)|talas]].<ref>David Courtney: http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/bhajan.html</ref>

[[Vishnu Digambar Paluskar|V. D. Paluskar]] and [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande|V. N. Bhatkhande]] have combined [[Indian classical music]] with bhajan. [[Pandit Kumar Gandharva]] made famous the Nirguni Bhajans of [[Sant Kabir]] and Malwa Region. The dancer [[Mallika Sarabhai]] has produced performances based on bhajans. Abhinaya Chakravathi Sri JS Eswara Prasad Rao of Hyderabad, who is the disciple of AL Krishnamurthy Bhagavathar, Pudukkottai system, has produced performances based on Sampradaya bhajans under the title "Nitrya Sankeerthnam".{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

Bhajans of [[Vaishnavism]], [[Shaivism]], [[Shaktism]] traditions, Vedic mantras and Yoga chants have been composed, published in Western musical sheet format or recorded by western singers such as [[Krishna Das (singer)|Krishna Das]], [[Deva Premal]], [[Andy Desmond|Miten]], and by various West Indies singers influenced by East Indian heritage.<ref>{{cite book|author=Isabel Laack|title=Religion und Musik in Glastonbury: Eine Fallstudie zu gegenwärtigen Formen religiöser Identitätsdiskurse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TW_al8WEHfQC&pg=PA297|year=2011|publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht|isbn=978-3-647-54011-5 |pages=298–306, 582 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Helen Myers|title=Music of Hindu Trinidad: Songs from the India Diaspora|url=https://archive.org/details/musicofhindutrin00myer|url-access=registration| year=1998|publisher= University of Chicago Press|isbn= 978-0-226-55453-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/musicofhindutrin00myer/page/294 294]–339, 111–150}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Annette Wilke |author2=Oliver Moebus |title=Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wmYz_OtZ_gC |year=2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-024003-0 |pages=285, 477–484, 790–801 }}</ref>

The ''Stavan'' compositions and literature of the Jainism tradition are extensive, with a historic overview provided by ''Sri Sudhara Stavan Sangrah'', traditionally preserved in "puja box" by Jain families.<ref name=kelting215/> It is vectored text with Jain lyrics and is canonically inspired.<ref name=kelting215>{{cite book|author=Mary Whitney Kelting|title=Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Maṇḍaḷ Singing, and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EqXmCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA215 |year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-514011-8 |pages=69, 215 with footnotes 13–14 }}</ref>

[[Kripalu Maharaj]] is one of the modern era bhakti leaders and bhajan-kirtan composers.<ref>Hutton, F. 2008. ''Rose lore: essays in cultural history and semiotics''. [[Lexington Books]].</ref> He has composed eleven thousand one hundred and eleven ''doha'' (couplets) on the ''[[Lila (Hinduism)|leela]]'' of Radha Krishn and the [[bhakti|devotional]] philosophy called ''Radha Govind Geet''; 1008 ''pad'' (songs) called ''Prem Ras Madira''; hundreds of ''kirtan'' in the form of ''Yugal Shatak'' and ''Yugal Ras'' and twelve ''pad'' which fully describe the beauty and the decorations of Krishn, and thirteen pad which describe the beauty and the decorations of Radha Rani called ''Shree Krishn Dwadashi'' and ''Shree Radha Trayodashi''.<ref>Saraswati, S. 2001. ''The true history and the relfigion of India: a concise encyclopedia of authentic hinduism''. [[Motilal Banarsidass]]</ref> Renditions of Shree Maharajji's ''bhajans'' and ''kirtans'' have been recorded by well-known singers in India such as [[Manna Dey]],<ref>Kinnear, M. 1985. ''A discography of Hindustani and Karnatic music''. [[Greenwood Press]].</ref> [[Ajnish]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]] and [[Anup Jalota]].<ref>''[http://www.indoamerican-news.com/?p=4372 Rang De with Anup Jalota at Radha Madhav Dham, Austin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405031155/http://www.indoamerican-news.com/?p=4372 |date=5 April 2016 }}''. 20 Oct 2011. Indo-American News. Retrieved 15 December 2011.</ref><ref>''[https://carnatic-circle.com/sampradaya-bhajanai/ Sampradaya Bhajanai, Birmingham, UK]''. 14 Jul 2017. How to perform Dakshina Bharatha Sampradaya Bhajanai with English Lyrics.</ref>

In olden days, saints such as Mirabai, Soordas, Marsinh Mehta composed several bhajans that are universally sung even today.

==See also==
* [[Filmi devotional songs]]
* [[Gurunath]]
* [[Salabega]]
* [[Stotras]]
* [[Kirtan]]
* [[Raga]]

==References==
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===Bibliography===
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