04-20-2006, 03:56 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It may be surprising that, while none seriously
contends that Shivaji was indeed what he was
among his biographers in recent times, whether
Muslim, Hindu, or British: but that each and
every one is forced to confront the issue, for, as
we find in G. S. Sardesai's _New History of the
Marathas_:
   "But there is another class of writings which
   tried to account for this new agitation in
   Maharashtrian life, which few students have
   so far noticed. They consist of early
   BAKHARS and Prashastis (introductions)
   attached to Sanskrit works. Most of the
   Bakhars of Shivajim (here Sardesai lists the
   names of twelve separate early works), all
   these particularly treat the subject of the rise
   of Shivaji, but explain it in a different manner.
   They describe the earth as personified,
   unable to bear the atrocities... towards gods,
   brahmans and cows, and seeking relief from
   the God, Brahma, who in his turn appeals to
   Shankar (Shiva), Vishnu, or the Goddess
   Bhavani, and ultimately these gods heeded
   the solemn prayer of the earth and undertake
   a fresh incarnation for redressing the
   prevailing wrongs, and thus is Shivaji
   described to have been born." ...(Vol. One,
   pp. 39-40).
(For readers unaware of Indian historians, Mr.
G. S. Sardesai, close friend of Sir Jadunath
Sarkar and Mr. Rajwade's associate, is a first
class historian of our time with impeccable
credentials. He adds that the above as quoted
from him was the orthodox Hindu explanation
for the phenomenon known as the rise of Shivaji).
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contends that Shivaji was indeed what he was
among his biographers in recent times, whether
Muslim, Hindu, or British: but that each and
every one is forced to confront the issue, for, as
we find in G. S. Sardesai's _New History of the
Marathas_:
   "But there is another class of writings which
   tried to account for this new agitation in
   Maharashtrian life, which few students have
   so far noticed. They consist of early
   BAKHARS and Prashastis (introductions)
   attached to Sanskrit works. Most of the
   Bakhars of Shivajim (here Sardesai lists the
   names of twelve separate early works), all
   these particularly treat the subject of the rise
   of Shivaji, but explain it in a different manner.
   They describe the earth as personified,
   unable to bear the atrocities... towards gods,
   brahmans and cows, and seeking relief from
   the God, Brahma, who in his turn appeals to
   Shankar (Shiva), Vishnu, or the Goddess
   Bhavani, and ultimately these gods heeded
   the solemn prayer of the earth and undertake
   a fresh incarnation for redressing the
   prevailing wrongs, and thus is Shivaji
   described to have been born." ...(Vol. One,
   pp. 39-40).
(For readers unaware of Indian historians, Mr.
G. S. Sardesai, close friend of Sir Jadunath
Sarkar and Mr. Rajwade's associate, is a first
class historian of our time with impeccable
credentials. He adds that the above as quoted
from him was the orthodox Hindu explanation
for the phenomenon known as the rise of Shivaji).
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