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Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat : a legacy of bhakti in songs and stories / Neelima Shukla-Bhatt.
LIBRA BL1214.32.B53 S55 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shukla-Bhatt, Neelima, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bhakti.
- Narasiṃha Mehetā, 1414-1481.
- Narasiṃha Mehetā.
- Hinduism--Social aspects.
- Hinduism.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Part I Devotion and Aesthetics in the Narasinha Tradition
- 1 Lyrics of Play: Krishna in the Human World 33
- 2 Lyrics of Awakening: Mysticism and Moral Reflection 70
- 3 Exemplary Singing, Exemplary Bhakti: Narasinha Mefita in Narratives 96
- 4 Singing as Bhakti: Narasinha's Lyrics in Musical Performances 130
- Part II The Narasinha Legacy in Religious and Popular Culture
- 5 The Saint of the Threshold, the First of Poets: The Narasinha Tradition in Gujarat and Beyond 155
- 6 A Saint-poet in the Making of a Mahatma: Narasinha Mehta and Gandhi 173
- 7 Songs and the Saint in Modern Media: Narasinha Mehta in Popular Culture 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199976416
- 0199976414
- 9780199976423
- 0199976422
- OCLC:
- 872139390
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