Songs of the Saints of India

Name: Songs of the Saints of India
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ISBN: 9780195694208

ISBN-10: 0195694201

ISBN-13: 9780195694208

Edition: 2004

Authors: John Stratton Hawley, Mark Juergensmeyer, Mark Juergensmeyer

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The verses of the great poets of north India stand at the fount of the Hindi language, and many would say that they also represent its greatest flowering. In addition to their major religious significance for Hindus, these poems treat universal themes, have great popular appeal, and even today are well known to Indians in every walk of life. The beloved authors are revered not only as poets but also as saints, and hagiographical literature about them abounds, even in the form of comic books and popular motion pictures. Songs of the Saints of India serves as an introduction to six of the best known of these poets--Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas--with a biographical and…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface to the Revised Edition


Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation


Introduction: A Family of Poets and Saints


Ravidas


Kabir


Nanak


Surdas


Mirabai


Tulsidas


Notes


Select Bibliography


Glossary


Index