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UGC NET December 2020 History
Poems classified as upadesha rupaka (didactic metaphors) in Marathi bhakti poetry were known as:
ABharud ✓ Correct
BAbhang
CPalana
DVachana
Correct answer: (A) Bharud — These poems were known as Bharud, so the answer is Bharud.
Explanation
★These poems were known as Bharud, so the answer is Bharud.
★The Bharud were poems of the Marathi bhakti tradition.
★They were classified as upadesha rupaka, or didactic metaphors.
★They used everyday metaphors to convey spiritual teaching.
★The saint Eknath is especially associated with the Bharud form.
★So the upadesha rupaka poems of Marathi bhakti were known as Bharud.
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