Who is Lalleshwari

Lalleshwari, also known locally as Lal Ded (Kashmiri pronunciation: [laːl dʲad]; 1320–1392), was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun or Vakhs, literally "speech" (from Sanskrit vaak). Known as Lal Vakhs, her verses are the earliest compositions in the Kashmiri language and are an important part in the history of modern Kashmiri literature.Lal Ded ("Mother Lal" or "Mother Lalla") is also known by various other names, including Lal Dyad (Dyad means "Grandmother"), Lalla Aarifa, Lal Diddi, Lalleshwari, Lalla Yogishwari/Yogeshwari and Lalishri.

Life

A great deal of the records of Lal Ded's life are contained in oral tradition, and consequently there is considerable va...
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Lalleshwari Poems

• Why Do You Grope Thus Like The Blind?
  Why do you grope thus like the blind ?
  Pray, doubt not what I say to you:
  If you are wise, enter within
  And see the Lord Himself is there. ...
• At The End Of A Crazy-moon Night
  At the end of a crazy-moon night
  the love of God rose.
  I said, "It's me, Lalla."
  ...
• I Searched For My Self
  I searched for my Self
  until I grew weary,
  
  but no one, I know now,...
• Now I Saw The Hearth Ablaze
  Now I saw the hearth ablaze,
  Now I saw not fire nor smoke.
  Now I saw the Pandava Mother,
  Now she was but a potters' aunt...
• Why Have You Sunk Deep In The Sea
  Why have you sunk deep in the sea
  of the illusory pleasures of the world?
  Why have you pulled down the high-banked road
  which could have led you safe across? ...

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