Songs of the Saints of India by John Stratton Hawley
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.Mark Juergensmeyer is a professor of sociology and the director of the University of California, Santa Barbara's Global and International Studies program. For his book Fear in the Mind of God (UC Press), he won the Grawemeyer Prize. He is the author of The New Cold War? and the editor of World Religions: An Introduction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195052213 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195052218 |
| Title | Songs of the Saints of India |
| Author | John Stratton Hawley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1988-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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