Mirabai is from the Sanskrit *mīrā* (sea, ocean, or "wonderful" in Rajasthani) + *bāī* (Hindi honorific for a respected woman). **Mirabai (c. 1498-1547)** — **Rajput princess and Hindu mystic poet-saint of the *bhakti* (devotional) movement; her 1,300+ devotional songs (bhajans) to Krishna are among the most-sung devotional poetry in the Hindi-speaking world today**. **Married into the Sisodia royal family of Mewar; widowed young; refused to commit *sati* (widow self-immolation) and devoted her life to Krishna; her in-laws repeatedly tried to poison her**. **"Mere to Giridhar Gopal" (My only beloved is Krishna) is among the most-recorded Indian devotional songs of the 20th century**. **Mirabai Chanu (born 1994)** — **Indian Olympic weightlifter; silver medalist at Tokyo 2020 (49 kg category) — the first Indian woman weightlifter to win an Olympic medal since Karnam Malleswari in 2000; Padma Shri (2018); Khel Ratna (2021)**. **National Film Award-winning 1979 *Meera* film by Gulzar starred Hema Malini**.
Featured throughout Hindi devotional music and modern Indian sport.
Mirabai reduces to seven — the number of bhakti.