Kavi Bhushan

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

An inscription about one of Bhushan's poems about Shivaji, at the Birla Mandir, Delhi

Early lifeEdit

Bhushan originally resided in the Tikwapur village in present-day Ghatampur tehsil, 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.[2]

Chhatrapatti Shivaji MaharajEdit

He first met 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.

Literary worksEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  1. 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.

External linksEdit

Alankar In Sanskrit