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{{Short description|Indian poet}}
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[[File:Bhushan kavi Birla mandir 6 dec 2009 (39).JPG|thumb|right|An inscription about one of Bhushan's poems about [[Shivaji]], at the [[Laxminarayan Temple|Birla Mandir, Delhi]]]]
[[File:Bhushan kavi Birla mandir 6 dec 2009 (39).JPG|thumb|right|An inscription about one of Bhushan's poems about [[Shivaji|Chattrapati Shivaji]], at the [[Laxminarayan Temple|Birla Mandir, Delhi]]]]
'''Kavi Bhushan''' (c. 1613–1715) was an [[India]]n poet in the courts of the [[Bundelkhand|Bundeli]] king [[Chhatrasal]]<ref name="KKKusuman1990">{{cite book | author=K. K. Kusuman | title=A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4JqgSUSXDsC&pg=PA157 | accessdate=10 December 2012 | year=1990 | publisher=Mittal Publications | isbn=978-81-7099-214-1 | page=157 }}</ref> and the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] king [[Shivaji|Chhatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj]].<ref name="Sujit1999">{{cite book | author=Sujit Mukherjee | title=Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&pg=PA54 | accessdate=9 December 2012 | date=1 January 1999 | publisher=Orient Blackswan | isbn=978-81-250-1453-9 | page =54 }}</ref> He mainly wrote in [[Brajbhasha]] interspersed with words from [[Sanskrit]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] languages.  He was a scholar poet of Anupras and Shlesh [[Alankar]].
'''Kavi Bhushan''' (c. 1613–1715) <ref name="Sujit19992">{{cite book |author=Sujit Mukherjee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&pg=PA54 |title=Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850 |date=1 January 1999 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-1453-9 |page=54 |accessdate=9 December 2012}}</ref>was an Indian poet in the courts of the [[Bundelkhand|Bundeli]] king [[Chhatrasal]]<ref name="KKKusuman19902">{{cite book |author=K. K. Kusuman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4JqgSUSXDsC&pg=PA157 |title=A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1990 |isbn=978-81-7099-214-1 |page=157 |accessdate=10 December 2012}}</ref> and the Maratha king [[Shivaji I]].<ref name="Sujit19992" /> He mainly wrote in [[Brajbhasha]] interspersed with words from [[Sanskrit]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] languages.  He was a scholar poet of Anurag and Shlesh [[Alankar]].  


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Bhushan originally resided in the [[Tikwapur]] village in present-day [[Ghatampur]] tehsil, [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. 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, Madhya Pradesh|Chitrakoot]].<ref name="Sujit1999"/>
Bhushan originally resided in the [[Tikwapur]] village in present-day [[Ghatampur]] tehsil, [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in a [[ Brahmin]] Family.<ref>{{cite book |title=People's Raj |volume=30 |date=1974 |publisher=Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations.|page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-AkzVA0tUUC&q=kaviraj+bhushan+kanyakubja|language=en}}</ref> 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, Madhya Pradesh|Chitrakoot]].<ref name="Sujit1999">{{cite book |author=Sujit Mukherjee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&pg=PA54 |title=Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850 |date=1 January 1999 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-1453-9 |page=54 |accessdate=9 December 2012}}</ref>


== Chhatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj==
He first met [[Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]] 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)]]
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He first met [[Shivaji|Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj]] when the latter he visited [[Agra]] to meet the emperor [[Aurangzeb]]; thereafter, Bhushan was supported by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Bhushan later moved from [[Varanasi]] to [[Maratha Kingdom]] in the 1670s, and attended Chattrapati Shivaji Raje [[durbar (court)]].
 
Bhushan presented many of his poems on the occasion of the grand coronation of Shivaji Maharaj.


== Use of Puns ==
Kavi Bhushan was known for the use of puns in his poetry.{{cn|date=September 2024}}{{or|date=September 2024}}
== Literary works ==
== Literary works ==
* ''Shivaa Bhushan''
* ''Shivaa Bhushan''
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.shivchhatrapati.com/sources.php?type=poems&id=kavi_bhushan Poems of Kavi Bhusan]
* [http://www.shivchhatrapati.com/sources.php?type=poems&id=kavi_bhushan Poems of Kavi Bhusan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224211/http://www.shivchhatrapati.com/sources.php?type=poems&id=kavi_bhushan |date=3 March 2016 }}
 


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[https://www.laxmanmedia.site/2021/02/alankar-in-sanskrit.html Alankar In Sanskrit]
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An inscription about one of Bhushan's poems about Chattrapati Shivaji, at the Birla Mandir, Delhi

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[edit | edit source]

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 Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 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)

Use of Puns[edit | edit source]

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

Literary works[edit | edit source]

  • Shivaa Bhushan
  • Shivabavani
  • Chatrashaal Dashak
  • Saaransh ki khani

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  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.
  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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