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Sant Charandas was a major Hindu religious teacher in Delhi during the eighteenth century. ==Biography== First called Ranjit Singh, Charandas was born in Derha, near Alwar, in Rajasthan in 1703. His family belonged to the baniyar caste (merchant class). While still a child, Ranjit claimed to have had a vision of the divine sage Shukdev, the perpetually youthful son of Vyasa. Following the disappearance of his father, Murlidhar, when he was about twelve, Ranjit and his mother moved to live with relatives in Delhi. As a teenager, Ranjit spent periods meditating in the forest. He claimed to have met Shukdev again at the age of nineteen, and that Shukdev formally initiated him into the ascetic life, giving him the name Sham Charandas, servant of the feet of Krishna. Charandas then passed some fourteen years in isolation, practising yoga and devotional worship, living in a cave in the wilderness outside Delhi. In 1738, Charandas began accepting followers in Delhi and continued teaching there for the rest of his life, with periodical trips into the countryside. Charandas died in 1782.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sant Charandas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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