Niranjan Madhav
Niranjan Madhav | |
|---|---|
 Maratha Empire | |
| In office 1735[1]–1790 | |
| Monarch | Chhatrapati Shahu |
| Preceded by | Bapu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1703[2] Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | 1790[2] Pune, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Residence(s) | Parasnis Wada, Poona[3] |
Niranjan Madhav also known as Niranjan Madhav Parasnis (1703-1790) was a diplomat and poet, who worked as Parasnis under Peshwa Bajirao I.[2] He was sent on diplomatic assignments to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu by Bajirao I and Balaji Bajirao.[2]
In 1735, Niranjan Madhav was appointed as the Parasnis by Peshwa Bajirao I.[1]
Madhav is remembered for his splendid contribution to the Maratha Empire by way of loyalty, and diplomacy.
Early life
[edit]According to Akbharats and the Poona Jagirdar Parasnis collections of Persian despatches from Delhi, Niranjan Madhav was born in 1703 in a prominent Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishvamitra gotra in Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India).[4]
Works
[edit]Niranjan Madhav was initiated into the mysteries of the spiritual lore and wrote five works, finishing some at Poona and some others at Srirangapattana. He unlocked a temple at Belur Chenna Keshava.[5] Niranjan Madhav composed Subhadra Swayamvara Champu. This akhyana contains prose and poetry, which is a significant contribution to Marathi akhyana.This is a Swayamvar Kavya describing the marriage between Arjuna and Subhadra.[6]
In 1760, Niranjan Madhav composed Jnaneshwar Vijay, on life of Dnyaneshwar.It is based on the work of Namdev and is more a laudatory poem than a biography.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sarkar 1953, p. viii to x.
- ^ a b c d Gokhale 1988, p. 198.
- ^ iravatinath. "Diplomats of Maratha Empire". p. 36.
- ^ Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1953). Delhi affairs (1761-1788): (News-letters from Parasnis collection). Director of Archives, Government of Bombay. p. viii to x.
- ^ The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 41. Bihar Research Society. 1955. p. 207.
- ^ Iqbal 2009, p. 13.
- ^ Callewaert 1994, p. 162.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gokhale, Balkrishna Govind (1988). Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195621372.
- Iqbal, Dr. Jaquir (2009). Islamic Financial Management, Volume 1. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 9788182202214.
- Callewaert, Winand M. (1994). According to Tradition: Hagiographical Writing in India. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447035248.
- Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1953). Delhi affairs (1761-1788): (News-letters from Parasnis collection). Director of Archives, Government of Bombay.