Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the compositions of Kabir, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the Kabirpanthi religion.

The Bijak is one of the earliest of the major texts in modern Hindi. The term Bijak is derived from Bija, meaning a document containing sacred texts.

[edit] Sections of Bijak

1. Ramaini
2. Shabda
3. Gyan-chautisa
4. Vipramatisi
5. Kahara
6. Basant
7. Chachar
8. Beli
9. Birahuli
10. Hindola
11. Sakhi

[edit] Commentary

The main commentary on the Bijak is by Mahatma Puran Saheb. The published text is based on the manuscript preserved at the Burhanpur Gaddi of the Kabirpanth.

[edit] References

• मूलबीजकटीकासहित, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, 1995.
• The Bijak of Kabir, by Linda Hess (Translator), Shukdev Singh (Translator), Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

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