Preface to the Paperback Edition | p. ix |
Preface to the First Edition | p. xiii |
Transliteration and Abbreviation | p. xvi |
Poems Translated, by English Title | p. xx |
Poems Translated, by Hindi Title | p. xxiii |
Illustrations | p. xxvi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Bhakti Poet-Saint | |
Author and Authority | p. 21 |
Morality beyond Morality | p. 48 |
The Nirgun/Sagun Distinction | p. 70 |
Mirabai | |
Mirabai in Manuscript | p. 89 |
Mirabai as Wife and Yogi | p. 117 |
The Saints Subdued in Amar Chitra Katha | p. 139 |
Krishna and the Gender of Longing | p. 165 |
Surdas | |
Last Seen with Akbar | p. 181 |
The Early Scrsagar and the Growth of the Sur Tradition | p. 194 |
The Verbal Icon-How Literal? | p. 208 |
Sur's Sudama | p. 217 |
Creative Enumeration in Sur's Vinaya Poetry | p. 235 |
Why Surdas Went Blind | p. 248 |
Kabir | |
The Received Kabir: Beginnings to Bly | p. 267 |
Kabir in His Oldest Dated Manuscript | p. 279 |
Vinaya Crossovers: Kabir and Sur | p. 305 |
Bhakti, Democracy, and the Study of Religion | p. 318 |
Notes | p. 337 |
Bibliography of Works Cited | p. 399 |
Index | p. 417 |
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