Question

What was the impact of Bhakti and Sufi movements towards the literature of its times?

Answer 1

Instruction:

1. Bhakti and vernaculars: What was Bhakti?
2. How did the Bhakti tradition promote vernaculars?
3. Sufism and translations: Which languages developed
4. due to Sufism, and what role did translations play?
5. Vernacular literature: Which vernacular creations were written during this time?

Solution:
Bhakti movement was based on deep love and devotion towards God. Bhakti movement promoted vernacular as the writers associated with Bhakt used languages such as Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada,
Gujarathi, etc.

Sufism promotes a spiritual way of life. It played a key role in developing Urdu. During the Mughal ruler Akbar’s rule, many Sanskrit texts such as Ramayana and Mahabharata were translated into Persian. This spread the knowledge of Indian culture across the world.

Several vernacular creations and translations were written during this time such as the Adhyatma Ramayanam by Ezhuthachan in Malyalam, Ramacharitamanas by Tulsidas in Hindi, and Mahabharata by Nannayya in Telugu