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9780199396467

Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories

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    9780199396467

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  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2014-12-02
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


Neelima Shukla-Bhatt is Associate Professor of South Asia Studies at Wellesley College.

Table of Contents


List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Note on transliteration

Introduction

Part I - Devotion and Aesthetics in the Narasinha Tradition
1. Lyrics of Play - Krishna in the Human World
2. Lyrics of Awakening - Mysticism and Moral Reflection
3. Exemplary Bhakti, Exemplary Singing - Narasinha in Sacred Narratives
4. Singing as Bhakti - Musical Performances of Narasinha's Songs

Part II - The Narasinha Legacy in Religious and Popular Cultures
5. The Saint of the Threshold, the First of Poets - The Narasinha Tradition in Gujarat and Beyond
6. A Saint-poet in the Making of a Mahatma - Narasinha Mehta and Gandhi
7. Songs and the Saint in Modern Media - Narasinha in Popular Culture
Concluding Remarks

Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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