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KAVINDRA PARAMANAND Kavindra Paramanand was a learned Maharashtrian Brahmin who had studied in Varanasi and also had taught in Varanashi school during the 17th century AD. The title "Kavindra" was awarded to him due to his extensive poetical writings in Sanskrit language. He has also been referred to as "Kavindra Kavishwar" in Rajasthani Letters. Kavindra Paramanand lived during the lifetime of the Maratha King Shivaji. Kavindra Paramanand seems to have played an important role in the scheme of Shivaji's escape from Agra during 1666 AD. Kavindra Paramanand's original name was "Anand" and he was a Deshastha Brahmin resident of the village Nevase in the current Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, in India. After he was awarded the title "Kavindra Kavishwar", he took up the name of "Paramanand". Kavindra Paramanand had two sons - "Shreedhar" and "Devadatta" and possibly also had one or more daughters. The second son, Devadatta had a son named "Govind". King Shivaji had awarded two villages to Kavindra Paramanand - one near Malkapur and another near Kolhapur. King Shivaji met Kavindra Paramanand at Poladpur (near Mahad on Mumbai - Goa highway today) in March 1673. This meeting has been described by Jayram Pindye in his Sanskrit epic "Parnalparvatgrahanakhyan" (Chapter 4, Shlokas 27 to 29), meaning "Taking over of Panhala Fort". In this description Kavindra Paramanand has been called "Goswami". Kavindra Paramanand has authored a biography of King Shivaji in Sanskrit language, called as "Shivabharat". However, its complete book has not yet been discovered. It is feared that Kavindra might not have been able to complete it. Full 31 chapters and nine stanzas of the 32nd chapter of this book "Shivabhara" have been discovered. Kavindra Paramanand has described his own name as "Kavindra Paramanand Bhatta Govindanandan" meaning "Kavindra Paramanand, son of Govinda Bhatta". From other historical documents, Kavindra Paramanand was present at Rajapur in 1664 AD in a religious committee.

[edit] References "Shivabharat", Kavindra Paramanand (Circa 1673)(Sanskrit)(Marathi Translation by S. M. Divekar) "Parnalparvatgrahanakhyan", Jayram Pindye (Circa 1680?) (Sanskrit) "Agryahun Sutka", Dr. Ajit Joshi, Shivapratap Prakashan, Pune (June 1997), http://shivapratap.weebly.com "House of Shivaji", Sir J. Sarkar, Orient Longman, (1978)