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Book SynopsisA fascinating story of change and transmission, this book describes how Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir-the most famous and beloved poet-saints of fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-were heard and perceived in their own times and probes into the many beliefs and legends that emerged long after their deaths.
Table of ContentsPREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; TRANSLITERATION AND ABBREVIATION; POEMS TRANSLATED, BY ENGLISH TITLE; POEMS TRANSLATED, BY HINDI TITLE; ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE BHAKTI POET-SAINT; CHAPTER 2. MORALITY BEYOND MORALITY; CHAPTER 3. THE NIRGUN?/SAGUN? DISTINCTION; MIRABAI; CHAPTER 4. MIRABAI IN MANUSCRIPT; CHAPTER 5. MIRABAI AS WIFE AND YOGI; CHAPTER 6. THE SAINTS SUBDUED IN AMAR CHITRA KATHA; CHAPTER 7. KRISHNA AND THE GENDER OF LONGING; SURDAS; CHAPTER 8. LAST SEEN WITH AKBAR; CHAPTER 9. THE EARLY S?RS?GAR AND THE GROWTH OF THE SUR TRADITION; CHAPTER 10. THE VERBAL ICON-HOW LITERAL?; CHAPTER 11. SUR'S SUD?M?; CHAPTER 12. CREATIVE ENUMERATION IN SUR'S VINAYA POETRY; CHAPTER 13. WHY SURDAS WENT BLIND; KABIR; CHAPTER 14. THE RECEIVED KABIR: BEGINNINGS TO BLY; CHAPTER 15. KABIR IN HIS OLDEST DATED MANUSCRIPT; CHAPTER 16. VINAYA CROSSOVERS: KABIR AND SUR; CHAPTER 17. BHAKTI, DEMOCRACY, AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; INDEX
