Bhakti Movement in North India (6 magg 1175 anni – 8 ottob 1700 anni)

Descrizione:

- a reaction against feudal oppression and against Rajput-Brahmin domination

- Saguna vs Nirguna ideology ---> both against rituals, stress on a personal relationship with divine, vernacular language(vs Sanskrit)

# Saguna
* represented poet-saints who composed
verses extolling a god with attributes or form.
* Tulsidas, Chaitanya, Surdas, and Meera were
the main proponents of Saguna.
* supported caste system & idol worship

# Nirguna
* represented poet-saints who extolled god
without and beyond all attributes or form
--> Monotheistic
* Nanak and Kabir were the main proponents
of Nirguna.

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