literature actually started religious writings saint poets belonging mahanubhava warkari sects mahanubhava saints used prose main medium warkari saints preferred poetry medium early saint poets mukundaraj wrote vivekasindhu dnyaneshwar wrote amrutanubhav bhawarthadeepika popularly known dnyaneshwari couplets long commentary bhagavad gita namdev followed warkari saint poet eknath mukteswar translated great epic mahabharata marathi social reformers like saint poet tukaram transformed marathi enriched literary language ramdas 's dasbodh manache shlok well known
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