Sur Das: Poet, Singer, Saint (Publications on Asia of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Vol 40)

Sur-Das, a poet-singer who lived sometime during the 16th century, has come to be revered as one of the greatest literary figures in the Hindi language family. Reputedly blind from birth, Sur was, like Homer, endowed with a visionacute enough to exceed by far the capacities of ordinary eyes. (from the dust jacket).