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'''Sant Dnyaneshwar''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[d̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ]]]), {{Pronunciation|Dnyaneshwar.wav}}also referred to as '''Dnyaneshwar''', '''Dnyanadeva''', '''Dnyandev''' or '''Mauli''' or '''Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni''' (1275–1296),{{sfn|Mokashi|1987|p=39}}<ref>W. Doderet (1926), '']https://www.jstor.org/stable/607401 The Passive Voice of the Jnanesvari]'', Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1926), pp. 59-64</ref> was a 13th-century [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[saint]], poet, philosopher and [[yogi]] of the [[Nath]] and [[Varkari]] tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored ''[[Dnyaneshwari]]'' (a commentary on the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'') and ''[[Amrutanubhav]]''.{{sfn|Ranade|1933|pp=31–34}} These are the oldest surviving literary works in the Marathi language, and considered to be milestones in [[Marathi literature]].<ref>{{cite book|author=D. C. Sircar|title=Indian Epigraphy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXMB3649biQC|year=1996|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1166-9|pages=53–54}}</ref> Sant Dnyaneshwar's ideas reflect the non-dualistic [[Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy and an emphasis on Yoga and bhakti towards [[Vithoba]], an incarnation of [[Vishnu]].{{sfn|Pawar|1997|p=352}} His legacy inspired saint-poets such as [[Eknath]] and [[Tukaram]], and he is one of the founders of the Varkari ([[Vithoba]]-[[Krishna]]) [[Bhakti]] movement tradition of [[Hinduism]] in Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Gordon Melton|title=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD_2J7W_2hQC |year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-206-7|pages=373–374}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=R. D. Ranade|title= Tukaram|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOWIAwAAQBAJ |year=1997|publisher= State University of New York Press|isbn=978-1-4384-1687-8| pages=9–11}}</ref> Dnyaneshwar undertook [[samadhi]] at [[Alandi]] in 1296 by entombing himself in an underground chamber.