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(File:Goswami Tulsidas Awadhi Hindi Poet.jpg|thumb|200px|Picture of Tulsidas published in the Ramcharitmanas, 1949.){{Short description|Hindu hymn}}{{Vaishnavism}}{{Hindu philosophy}}Vinaya Patrika (Letter of petition{{sfn|Lochtefeld|2002|p=754}}) is a devotional poem composed by the 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas ({{circa|1532|1623}}), containing hymns to different Hindu deities, especially to Rama.WEB,weblink The Poet Saint Tulsidas Upendra Chandra Dutta, 2007-10-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070811191511weblink">weblink 2007-08-11, dead, The language of the text is Braj Bhasha.{{sfn|Lochtefeld|2002|p=754}}Vinaya Patrika is an important work of medieval Hindi Literature and Bhakti movement.

Legend

According to Swami Yatiswarananda, when Kala—the embodiment of evil—threatened to devour Tulsidas, he prayed to Hanuman who appeared to him in a dream. Hanuman advised him to file a petition to Rama to remedy the evil, and that was the origin of the Vinaya-Patrika.”WEB,weblink Tulsidas by Swami Yatiswarananda, 2007-10-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070811191106weblink">weblink 2007-08-11, dead,

Structure

Vinaya Patrika has been written as a petition against the six passions (Lust, Wrath, Greed, Inebriation, Attachments, Ego) and nine vices (Violence, Falsehood, Pride, Envy, Strife, Suspicion, Jealousy, Rivalry and Covetousness) of Kali Yuga, the plaintiff is Tulsidas himself, though he represents all of humanity. The judges addressed are Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna.WEB,weblink GENESIS OF THE PLAINT, 2007-10-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080807120744weblink">weblink 2008-08-07, dead, It also comprises popular devotional hymns (stutis) to various Hindu deities, like Ganesha, Surya, Devi, Ganga, Hanuman, Sita, Rama, and also the city of Kashi.WEB,weblink Stuti Vinay Patrika, 2007-10-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061128130205weblink">weblink 2006-11-28, dead, The book has now been translated into many languages, including English.

Popular hymns from Vinaya Patrika

• Shri Ramchandra Kripalu (Rama)
• Gaiye Ganpati Jagbandan (Ganesha)
• Jai Jai Jagjanani Devi (Kali)
• Jai Jai Bhagrathnandini (Ganga)WEB,weblink Vinay Patrika website, Kashi Hindu Vishwavidhyalaya, 2007-10-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061128130205weblink">weblink 2006-11-28, dead,

See also

• Hindi literature

References

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Sources

• BOOK, Lochtefeld, James G., The illustrated encyclopedia of Hinduism, 2002, Rosen, New York, 9780823922871, 1st,weblink

External links

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• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070606211824weblink">Vinaya Patrika Text in Roman Script
• Stuti of Hanuman from Vinaya Patrika