Nivruttinath

Nivruttinath (c. 1273 – 1297) was a 13th-century Marathi Bhakti saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Vaishnava Nath tradition. He was the elder brother and the mentor (guru) of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint.[1][2]

Nivruttinath
Personal
Born1273
Apegaon, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Died
Sanjeevan Samadhi Trimbakeshwar
ReligionHinduism
Known forGuru of Saint Dnyaneshwar
OrderVaishnavism, Nath
PhilosophyAdwaita, Varkari, Hinduism
Religious career
GuruGahaninath (NathPhilosophy)
HonorsSant (Saint)
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Family and early life

Nivruttinath was born in Apegaon village on the bank of Godavari river near Paithan in Maharashtra into a Deshastha Brahmin family during the reign of the Yadava King Ramadevarava.[3][4]

Nivruttinath was one of the four children, and the eldest son, of Vitthalapant, a kulkarni (hereditary accountant), and Rakhumabai.[5]

Vitthalapant and his wife gave up their lives, within a year of each other by jumping into the Ganges,[6] leaving two sons, Dnyaneshwar and Sopan, and a daughter, Muktabai,[7] to be taken care of by Nivruttinath.

Nath Tradition

At around the age of 10, Nivruttinath's family moved to Nashik. During a pilgrimage trip, Vitthalapant along with his family was confronted by a tiger. The family escaped while Nivruttinath got separated from the family. He hid in a cave on the Anjani mountain where he met Gahaninath, who initiated Nivruttinath into the wisdom of the Nath tradition.[6][8][9]

Dnyaneshwar as disciple
The siblings Muktabai, Sopan, Dnyaneshwar and Nivruttinath seated on the flying wall greet Changdev seated on a tiger. In the centre, Changdev bows to Dnyaneshwar.

The Natha Tradition is an initiatory Guru–shishya tradition. After the death of their parents, [8] Nivruttinath initiated Dnyaneshwar into the Nath tradition and become his teacher (Guru).[10]

Nivruttinath advised Dnyaneshwar to write an independent philosophical work. This work later came to be known as Amrutanubhav.[11][12][13]

Death and Resting Place

After the Samadhi of Dnyaneshwar, Nivruttinath left Alandi with his sister, Muktabai for a pilgrimage. During a thunderstorm, Muktabai was lost. Nivruttinath then attained Samadhi. The Resting place is situated near Trimbakeshwar. At his resting place, a temple has been erected which is visited by numerous devotees.

See also

References
  1. Belsare, Kishori Devendra (983). Sant Nivruttinath _ a critical study.
  2. Mysticism in India: The Poet-Saints of Maharashtra. State University of New York. 1983. p. 31. ISBN 9781438416861.
  3. Bahirat 2006, p. 1.
  4. Karhadkar, K. S. (1976) [January–February 1976]. "Dnyaneshwar and Marathi Literature". Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. 19 (1): 90–95. JSTOR 24157251.
  5. Attwood 1992, p. 333.
  6. Bahirat 2006, p. 13.
  7. Sundararajan & Mukerji 2003, p. 33.
  8. Ranade 1933, p. 33.
  9. "From Nivrutti to Nivruttinath". www.speakingtree.in. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  10. Bahirat 2006, p. 6.
  11. Abdi, Rupa. "THE WARKARI MOVEMENT I: Sant Dnyaneshwar – Beyond Brahmanical Tyranny". Retrieved 12 August 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. Bahirat 2006, p. 14.
  13. Ranade 1933, p. 34.

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