Literature

Main article: Leela Charitra Mahanubhav's literature generally comprises works that describe the incarnations of gods, the history of the sect, commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, poetical works narrating the stories of life of Shri Krishna and grammatical and etymological works that are deemed useful to explain the philosophy of sect Leelacharitra is thought to be the first biography written in the Marathi language.[citation needed] Mahimbhat's second important literacy creation was Shri Govindaprabhucharitra or Rudhipurcharitra, a biography of Swami's guru, Shri Govind Prabhu, in the form of 325 deeds. This was probably written in 1288, soon after the death of Shri Prabhu. Apart from Leelacharitra, Keshobas alias Keshavrajsuri has collected the Swami aphoristic vachans or actually spoken words, known as Sutrapath which is always on the lips of the follower of Mahanubhav. Keshavrajsuri translated the some of "deeds" from Leelacharitra into Sanskrit in his work called "Ratnamala". Similarly he has written in Sanskrit Dristantstotarm based on Dristantpath. The first Acharya of Mahanubhava Sect is Nagdevachrya or Bhatobas. His biography was written by Narendra and Bhaidevbas in about 1308. In this manner seven works which have been written are known as satigranth and they are accepted by the follower of the sect. These works and their writers are: Narendra : Rukaminiswayamvara (1292) Bhaskarbhat Borikar : Shishupalvadha (1312) Bhaskarbhat Borikar : Uddhavgita (1313) Damodar Pandit : Vachhaharana (1316) Ravalobas : Sahayadrivaranana (1353) Narayanbas Bahahaliye : Riddhipurvarnana (1418) Vishvanath Balapurkar : Janaprabodh (1418).