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Muktai Vitthalpant Kulkarni | |
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 2003 Indian Stamp depicting Muktabai | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1279 |
| Died | 1297 Muktainagar [citation needed] |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Organization | |
| Order | Varkari tradition |
| Philosophy | Vaishnavism |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Dnyaneshwar [citation needed] |
Disciples
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| Literary works | Abhanga poetry, Tati ughada dnaneshwara |
| Honors | Sant in Marathi, meaning "Saint" |
Muktabai or Mukta was a saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint.[1][2][3] She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life.
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