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Meera
Meera Through Mirabai, Meera is one of the most potent feminine names in Indian literature — a name that carries the full force of passionate, unconventional devotion. Characters named Meera are frequently written as women of intense inner life who refuse to be contained by social convention, choosing loyalty to an inward calling over outward conformity.
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Meera (Mirabai)
Mirabai ke Pad (devotional poems) — Mirabai (traditional)
The bhakti saint-poet of Rajasthan who abandoned her royal household to devote herself entirely to Krishna, composing ecstatic devotional songs that remain among the most celebrated in Indian literature.
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