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Composed by three poet-saints between the sixth and eighth centuries A.D., the Tevaram hymns are the primary scripture of the Tamil Saivism, one of the first popular large-scale devotional movements within Hinduism. Indira Peterson eloquently renders into English a substantial portion of these hymns, which provide vivid and moving portraits of the



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION, pg. xiv*GUIDE TO TAMIL PRONUNCIATION, pg. xv*PART ONE. Introduction: Poetry and Religion in the Songs of the Tamil Saiva Saints, pg. 1*PART TWO. An Anthology of Hymns from the Tevaram, pg. 93*APPENDIXES, pg. 337*GLOSSARY, pg. 349*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 357*INDEX OF POEMS, pg. 367*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 371

Poems to Siva

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691609263, 978-0691609263
      ISBN10: 0691609268

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Composed by three poet-saints between the sixth and eighth centuries A.D., the Tevaram hymns are the primary scripture of the Tamil Saivism, one of the first popular large-scale devotional movements within Hinduism. Indira Peterson eloquently renders into English a substantial portion of these hymns, which provide vivid and moving portraits of the



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION, pg. xiv*GUIDE TO TAMIL PRONUNCIATION, pg. xv*PART ONE. Introduction: Poetry and Religion in the Songs of the Tamil Saiva Saints, pg. 1*PART TWO. An Anthology of Hymns from the Tevaram, pg. 93*APPENDIXES, pg. 337*GLOSSARY, pg. 349*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 357*INDEX OF POEMS, pg. 367*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 371

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