According to legend, a snake that was sent to kill this person transformed into a bouquet of flowers.
According to one text, when a prince tried to draw his sword and kill this figure, three copies of this person appeared, causing the prince to back away. Robert Bly and Jane Hirschfield have translated the works of this author, including a text that ends "Without the energy that lifts mountains, how am I to live?" A poem by this writer states "the whole of creation / swirls through eight million birth-forms" and implores "Guide this little boat over the waters," to its addressee, who is known as "The Dark One." According to legend, a snake that was sent to kill this person transformed into a bouquet of flowers. This native of Rajasthan, who supposedly disappeared after gazing into an image of a god, was ostracized when she decided not to engage in the suttee ritual after her husband, a rana, died. Bhakti was practiced by, for 10 points, what female Hindu saint known for her poems to Krishna?
According to one text, when a prince tried to draw his sword and kill this figure, three copies of this person appeared, causing the prince to back away.
Mirabai