Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Advanced
ओवी
/ovi/Roman
English meaning: Owi (Marathi verse form)
Definition
A traditional Marathi poetic metre of four lines, widely used in classical Marathi literature. Dnyaneshwar used the owi metre to compose the Dnyaneshwari (1290 CE), his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita — one of the earliest and greatest works in Marathi literature.
Example
“ज्ञानेश्वरांनी ओवी छंदात ज्ञानेश्वरी लिहिली.”
In English: “Dnyaneshwar wrote the Dnyaneshwari in the owi metre.”
Literary Heritage
“मराठीचिया नगरी। ब्रह्मज्ञानाचीं भांडारी॥”
/marāṭhīciyā nagarī, brahmajñānācīṃ bhāṃḍārī/
“In the city of Marathi, lie the treasuries of divine knowledge.”
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- Language
- मराठी
- Marathi
- Script
- Devanagari
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
- Speakers
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