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Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth

Door Nirmal Dass

Categorie	Algemeen Astrologie & Spiritualiteit
Boeknummer	#262168
Titel	Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth
Auteur	Dass, Nirmal (translation and introduction by)
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	State University of New York Press
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	0791446840
ISBN13	9780791446843
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	This complete and accessible translation of the songs of the saints from the Sikh holy book, the Adi Granth, provides access to the hymns written by Hindu and Muslim devotional writers of north India, who flourished from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries. The songs of the saints hold a unique position in Sikhism in that they provide the faith with a prehistory that reaches back to the dawn of north Indian Bhakti and Sant traditions. These works provided a ground upon which Sikh gurus laid the foundations of their faith. The songs also mark the earliest beginnings of Hindi literature. Although the literary output of these saints comes down to us in various stages of corruption, the works which appeared in the Adi Granth are unchanged since their inclusion in that work in the ear... (Lees verder)ly 1600s. "This book is important for many fields: It is not only vital for understanding Sikhism, but also crucial for the study of the saints (sants). It is thus significant for understanding the early development of Hindi literature, which began with the sants, and the study of north Indian religion, in which the sants figure prominently." -- Daniel Gold, Cornell University
Pagina's	308
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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