Identify the correct statements from below:
(A) Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.
(B) The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth in Varanasi.
(C) The Kabir Granthawali is associated with the Dadupanth in Maharashtra.
(D) Many of Kabir’s compositions are found in the Adi Granth Sahib.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions. Correct. The three are the Kabir Bijak, the Kabir Granthavali and the compositions in the Adi Granth Sahib, all compiled long after Kabir’s death.
(B) The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth in Varanasi. Correct. The Bijak is kept by the Kabirpanth (the path or sect of Kabir) in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh.
(C) The Kabir Granthawali is associated with the Dadupanth in Maharashtra. Incorrect. The Granthavali is associated with the Dadupanth in Rajasthan, not Maharashtra. Maharashtra comes up only later, as one of the regions where printed anthologies of Kabir’s verses circulated in the nineteenth century.
(D) Many of Kabir’s compositions are found in the Adi Granth Sahib. Correct. Guru Arjan included Kabir’s compositions in the Adi Granth Sahib along with the hymns of the Sikh Gurus.
NCERT (2025-26): “8.1 Weaving a divine fabric: Kabir … Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions. The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth (the path or sect of Kabir) in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh; the Kabir Granthavali is associated with the Dadupanth in Rajasthan, and many of his compositions are found in the Adi Granth Sahib (see Section 8.2). All these manuscript compilations were made long after the death of Kabir. By the nineteenth century, anthologies of verses attributed to him circulated in print in regions as far apart as Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra.…” |