The Awadhi Sufi romance Padmavat was written by which poet of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Kabir
- B.Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- C.Raskhan
- D.Ghananand
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Malik Muhammad Jayasi. Jayasi belonged to Jais in the present Amethi district and completed the Padmavat in 1540. It tells the story of Ratansen of Chittor and Padmavati of Singhal as a Sufi allegory of the soul seeking the divine, and it is the best known premakhyan in Awadhi; his other works are the Akhrawat and the Akhiri Kalam.
Option A, Kabir, is the nirgun poet of Kashi whose verses are collected as the Bijak in the parts Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini; he wrote no long narrative poem. Option C, Raskhan, born at Pihani in Hardoi, wrote Krishna bhakti verse in Braj Bhasha, the Sujan Raskhan and Prem Vatika. Option D, Ghananand, is a riti-mukt poet of the eighteenth century known for love lyrics in Braj. Papers often pair the work with the wrong poet or with the Jayasi date, so fix 1540 and Jais together.
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