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Namdev

1270 - 1350

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Namdev (Pronunciation: [naːmdeʋ]), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, c. 26 October 1270 – c. 3 July 1350) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. He was as a devotee of the deity Vithoba of Pandharpur. Namdev was influenced by Vaishnavism and became widely known in India for his devotional songs set to music (bhajan-kirtans). His philosophy contains both nirguna brahman and saguna brahman elements, with Vedanta themes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Namdev is the 1,570th most popular writer (down from 1,183rd in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from India (down from 148th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Writer.

Namdev is most famous for being a poet and saint. He wrote and composed a number of bhajans, or devotional songs, in Marathi.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Namdev ranks 1,570 out of 7,302. Before him are Al-Khansa, Ödön von Horváth, Jean de Meun, Gottfried August Bürger, Hermann Bahr, and Lord Alfred Douglas. After him are Solomon Northup, Usama ibn Munqidh, Martin Opitz, Stig Dagerman, Remy de Gourmont, and Neil Gaiman.

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Among people born in 1270, Namdev ranks 6. Before him are William Wallace, Charles, Count of Valois, Haakon V of Norway, Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, and Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria. After him are Theodore Metochites, Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany, Lancelotto Malocello, Thoros III, King of Armenia, Cino da Pistoia, and Juliana Falconieri. Among people deceased in 1350, Namdev ranks 4. Before him are Philip VI of France, Alfonso XI of Castile, and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. After him are Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Cápac Yupanqui, Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, Yoshida Kenkō, Juan Ruiz, Johannes de Muris, and Dafydd ap Gwilym.

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In India

Among people born in India, Namdev ranks 240 out of 1,861. Before him are Jayadeva (1170), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), and Amrit Kaur (1889). After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Hema Malini (1948), Amjad Khan (1940), Feroz Khan (1939), Tatya Tope (1814), and V. V. Giri (1894).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Namdev ranks 30. Before him are Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vidyapati (1352), Deepak Chopra (1946), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918). After him are Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Anna Leonowens (1831), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), and Andal (800).

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