Hemadpant
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Hemādri Pandit, also known as Hemādpant, was a prime minister from 1259 to 1274 C.E. in the regimes of King Mahādev (1259 - 1271) and King Rāmchandra (1271 - 1309) of Seuna Yādav Dynasty of Devagiri, which ruled in the southwestern part of India
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family, which had its origin in the Hemadri village in the Dakshin Kannada District of Karnātaka
. His father, Kāmdeo, had brought him up in Mahārāshtra
.
emperor at Delhi
, Alāuddin Khilji
, and his successors ended the Yadav rule in southwestern India.
He wrote the medical book, Āyurved Rasāyan, containing descriptions of various diseases and remedies for them.
A small historical book, Hemādpanti Bakhar is credited to him.
He created Mestakas to standardize procedural parts of the state administration.
for Marāthi
(cursive style of writing Marathi) in government correspondence.
He conceived of Hemadpanthi
architecture of buildings and temples which did not use lime.
He introduced plantation of pearl millet
(Bājari) as a staple crop.
He popularized worship of Goddess Mahālaxmi in Maharashtra.
He encouraged and supported many artists and writers like the one of Leelā Charitra
in the Mahānubhāva
literature.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Origin
Hemadri Pandit was born in a Smārt Rigvedi, Vatsa Gotri, Shākalshākhi Karhāde BrāhminKarhade Brahmin
Karhade Brahmins are a predominantly Pancha Dravida Brahmins Marathi and Konkani speaking Hindu community in India.-Etymology and Origin:*The name Karháda or Karáda, is the...
family, which had its origin in the Hemadri village in the Dakshin Kannada District of Karnātaka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
. His father, Kāmdeo, had brought him up in Mahārāshtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
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Career
Hemadri was a diplomat, an administrator, an architect, a poet, and a theologian and scholar. During his prime ministership, the Yadav kingdom reached its zenith; soon after his tenure, the PathanPashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
emperor at Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Alāuddin Khilji
Alauddin Khilji
Ali Gurshap Khan better known by his titular name as Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji was the second ruler of the Turko-Afghan Khilji dynasty in India.He was a well and capable ruler. He belonged to the Afghanized Turkic tribe of the Khiljis...
, and his successors ended the Yadav rule in southwestern India.
Writings
Hemadri wrote the religious book, Chaturwarga Chintāmani. It contains thousands of Vratas along with modus operandi for performing them.He wrote the medical book, Āyurved Rasāyan, containing descriptions of various diseases and remedies for them.
A small historical book, Hemādpanti Bakhar is credited to him.
He created Mestakas to standardize procedural parts of the state administration.
Cultural contributions
Hemadri introduced use of Modi scriptModi script
' is one of the scripts used to write the Marathi language& Rajasthani language, which is the primary language spoken in the state of Maharashtra & Rajasthan in western India respectively. MoDiis also known as MuDiya, MuDi & VañiyāvaTi...
for Marāthi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
(cursive style of writing Marathi) in government correspondence.
He conceived of Hemadpanthi
Hemadpanthi
Hemadpanthi Sculpture is an architectural form or a style, which is named after its introducer and founder, the prime minister named Hemadpant in the court of Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri. The period of discovery was during the 13th Century in Maharashtra. Main ingredients in the construction include...
architecture of buildings and temples which did not use lime.
He introduced plantation of pearl millet
Pearl millet
Pearl millet is the most widely grown type of millet. Grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times, it is generally accepted that pearl millet originated in Africa and was subsequently introduced into India. The center of diversity, and suggested area of domestication, for...
(Bājari) as a staple crop.
He popularized worship of Goddess Mahālaxmi in Maharashtra.
He encouraged and supported many artists and writers like the one of Leelā Charitra
Leela Charitra
Leela Charitra is a biography of Shri Chakradhar Swami, the guru of the Mahanubhava sect, and is a sacred text of that sect. It was written in the late 13th century by his follower Mahim Bhat. It is the earliest known written work of Marathi literature....
in the Mahānubhāva
Mahanubhava
Mahanubhav- Hindu sects in maharashtra mainly in amaravati district started by Chakradhar Swami in 1267. Chakradhar Swami propagated a religious movement as well as social movement, in which all were accepted irrespective of their castes and the traditional ritualistic religion was...
literature.