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The dark outline of a saint seated in meditation against a red sun, with a burning lamp and a great book lettered “Dnyaneshwari”, resting on an orange cloth, and the words “Dnyaneshwari 1290–1990”, on a ₹2 stamp.
Dnyaneshwari
India Post issued this ₹2 stamp on 31 December 1990 for the seven hundredth anniversary of the Dnyaneshwari, the Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad Gita written by the saint-poet Dnyaneshwar in 1290. He called it Bhavartha Dipika, but it came to be known by his name. Writing in the language of ordinary people, he sought to reform a society bound by caste and ritual, and India Post’s folder describes his doctrine of Chidvilasvad, that the whole world is lit by the divine light, as making each person’s work an act of worship. The Warkaris, his devotees, look on the book as their mother.
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