Question
Despite viewing Brahman as nirguna, Kabir most often refers to God with the name of this deity in his Bijak. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify this deity, the namesake of a mandir built on the site of the Babri Mosque. Hanuman is considered the ideal bhakta of this avatar of Vishnu.
ANSWER: Rama [or Raman; or Ramar; or Ramachandra; accept Ram Mandir; prompt on Vishnu]
[10m] Kabir’s followers wear kanthis with beads either made of Rudraksha stones sacred to Shiva or of the wood of this plant sacred to Vishnu. A poet called the "servant of" this plant penned the vernacular Ramcharitmanas.
ANSWER: holy basil [or tulsi; or tulasi; or vrinda; accept Goswami Tulsidas or Tulasidasa] (Tulsidas’s poem is thought to rebuke Kabir’s denial of Rama’s incarnation.)
[10h] Sikhs may honor Kabir with this Sanskrit honorific for being a "truth-exemplar." The Kabir Panth emerged from a movement centered on the "teachings," or Mat, of these people.
ANSWER: sants [or Sant Mat] (etymologically unrelated to the English "saint")
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