Match List-I (Sufi or bhakti composition or speech) with List-II (Language).
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (A) Short poems of Chishti sufis around Bijapur | (I) Marathi |
| (B) Vachanas of the Lingayats | (II) Hindavi |
| (C) Abhangs of the sants of Pandharpur | (III) Dakhani |
| (D) Speech of the Chishti circle in Delhi | (IV) Kannada |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Short poems of Chishti sufis around Bijapur | (III) Dakhani | Chishti sufis around Bijapur in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries composed short poems in Dakhani, a variant of Urdu, sung by women at household work. |
| (B) Vachanas of the Lingayats | (IV) Kannada | The vachanas were the Kannada compositions of the Lingayats, the bhakti tradition of Karnataka. |
| (C) Abhangs of the sants of Pandharpur | (I) Marathi | The abhangs were the Marathi songs of the sants of Pandharpur, a tradition that inspired the Deccan sufis. |
| (D) Speech of the Chishti circle in Delhi | (II) Hindavi | In Delhi, people of the Chishti silsila talked in Hindavi, the language of the people, so they could reach ordinary folk. |
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 Languages and communication … “A different genre of sufi poetry was composed in and around the town of Bijapur, Karnataka. These were short poems in Dakhani (a variant of Urdu) attributed to Chishti sufis who lived in this region during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These poems were probably sung by women while performing household chores like grinding grain and spinning. Other compositions were in the form of lurinama or lullabies and shadinama or wedding songs. It is likely that the sufis of this region were inspired by the pre-existing bhakti tradition of the Kannada vachanas of the Lingayats and the Marathi abhangs of the sants of Pandharpur. …” |