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blind persons: Literary figures
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(1952) Surdas (1479-1586)
Hindu poet. He was born blind to a Brahmin family. He was maltreated from an early age because of his blindness and left home at the age of 6. He gained his religious knowledge and Hindu philosophy under the great sage Vallabhacharya. Under this great teacher he received After his training he followed the life of a Hindu holy man. He is best known for his "Sur Sagar" (Ocean of Melody) only 8000 out of the estimated 100,000 poems and songs have survived. The work was written in Brij Bhasha a dialect of Hindustani. At the time, the literary languages were primarily Persian and Sanskrit. Sur Das' work is one of a number of works that is credited with raising Brij Bhasha from the status of a vulgate into that of a literary language. |
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