Songs of the saints from the Adi Granth / translation and introduction by Nirmal Dass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dass, Nirmal, 1962-

Standardized Title:

Ādi-Granth. Selections. English

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Sikh hymns, English.

Physical Description:

ix, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]

Summary:

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 early 1600s.

Contents:

Namdeva 25

Ravi Dass 83

Jayadeva 129

Trilochan 137

Beni 147

Ramananda 159

Sain 165

Dhanna 169

Sadhna 177

Pipa 181

Sur Dass 185

Sheikh Bhikhan 191

Parmananda 197

Sheikh Farid 201

The Slokas of Sheikh Farid 211

Notes to the Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth 241.

Notes:

Translated from Hindi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22) and index.

ISBN:

0791446832

0791446840

OCLC:

42888006