Songs of the Saints of India - Softcover

Hawley, John Stratton; Juergensmeyer, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195052218 ISBN 13: 9780195052213

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1988

Synopsis

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 interpretive essay on each and a selection of representative verses in original translations.

About this title

About the Author:

John Stratton Hawley, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion, Barnard College; Director of the South Asian Institute,, Barnard College, Columbia University. Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Hindi (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0195052218
• ISBN 13: 9780195052213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256