The Kāpālikas and Kālāmukhas;: Two lost Śaivite sects

Lorenzen, David N.

University of California Press, Berkeley

This book represents the first systematic collection and analysis of the principal legends about Kabir Das, a fifteenth-century poet-saint. It focuses on the ways in which the legends embody and reflect the often changing social and religious needs of those who created and listened to them. Particular attention is paid to the earliest known collection of legends, Ananta-das's Kabir Parachai. This book makes available for the first time an English translation of this text, with detailed notes on its variant readings, as well as a corrected Hindi edition based on a comparison of over a dozen manuscripts. The various historical synchronisms between Kabir and his leading contemporaries, including Ramananda and King Virasimhadev Baghel, are reevaluated, and a solution is proposed to the longstanding debate about Kabir's dates.

Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai (S U N Y Series in Hindu Studies) (English, Hindi and Hindi Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

State Univ of New York Pr

This book represents the first systematic collection and analysis of the principal legends about Kabir Das, a fifteenth-century poet-saint. It focuses on the ways in which the legends embody and reflect the often changing social and religious needs of those who created and listened to them. Particular attention is paid to the earliest known collection of legends, Ananta-das’s Kabir Parachai. This book makes available for the first time an English translation of this text, with detailed notes on its variant readings, as well as a corrected Hindi edition based on a comparison of over a dozen manuscripts. The various historical synchronisms between Kabir and his leading contemporaries, including Ramananda and King Virasimhadev Baghel, are reevaluated, and a solution is proposed to the longstanding debate about Kabir’s dates.

Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai: With a translation of the Kabir Parachai Prepared in Collaboration with Jagdish Kumar and Uma Thukral ... Panthi Recension of this Work (Hindu Studies)

Hinduism

State University of New York Press

Discusses and translates important compositions by famous Nirguni poets--poets dedicated to the worship of a formless God. Nirgun bhakti--devotion to a formless God--has been called a logical absurdity, yet the songs, verses, and narratives of the nirgun poets of North India have played a vital role in both Hinduism and Sikhism since the late fifteenth century. The compositions of famous nirgun poets such as Kabir, Raidas, Guru Nanak, and Dadu Dayal also form an essential part of the vernacular literatures of North India. Other nirgun poets have made major religious and literary contributions to Indian culture but have been little studied by modern scholars. This book discusses, translates, and edits various important compositions by these poets. The texts include songs and narratives about the pious demon Prahlad, hagiographic songs about historical saints, the popular bhajans attributed to Kabir, and the songs sung during the rites of the Kabir Panth. Two longer texts presented here are Jan Gopal's narrative poem, the Prahilad charitra, and Sain's religious debate, the Kabir-Raidas ka samvad.

Praises to a Formless God: Nirguṇī Texts from North India (Religious Studies)

Literature & Fiction

Discusses and translates important compositions by famous Nirguni poets--poets dedicated to the worship of a formless God.

Reprint of a basic study of wo important Saivite sects, background on Pasupatas. Includes appendices that describe new discoveries relevant to these sects.

The Kapalinkas and Kalamukhas: Two Lost Saivite Sects

Motilal Banarsidass Pub

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The Kāpālikas and Kālāmukhas;: Two lost Śaivite sects

Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai (S U N Y Series in Hindu Studies) (English, Hindi and Hindi Edition)

Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai: With a translation of the Kabir Parachai Prepared in Collaboration with Jagdish Kumar and Uma Thukral ... Panthi Recension of this Work (Hindu Studies)

Praises to a Formless God: Nirguṇī Texts from North India (Religious Studies)

Praises to a Formless God: Nirguṇī Texts from North India (Religious Studies)

The Kapalinkas and Kalamukhas: Two Lost Saivite Sects