Speaking of Shiva
Authors
Translator
Foreword / Afterword
A. K. Ramanujian
Format
Collection / Anthology
Language
Year
1979
Publisher
Country
United Kingdom
Pages
199
ISBN
0140442707
The Vacanas Or Free-Verse Lyrics Written By Four Major Saints Of The Great Bhakti Protest Movement Which Originated In The Tenth Century Ad. Composed In Kannada, A Dravidian Language Of South India, The Poems Are Lyrical Expressions Of Love For The God Siva. They Mirror The Urge To Bypass Tradition And Ritual, To Concentrate On The Subject Rather Than The Object Of Worship, And To Express Kinship With All Living Things In Moving Terms. Passionate, Personal, Fiercely Monotheistic, These Free Verses Possess An Appeal, Which Is Timeless And Universal.— Google Books
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Contents Translator's Note 11 Acknowledgements 17 Introduction 19 Further Readings in English 57 The Poems: Basavaṇṇa 61 Dēvara Dāsimayya 91 Mahādēviyakka 111 Allama Prabhu 143 Appendix I. The Six-Phase System 169 Appendix II. On Lingayat Culture by William McCormack 175 Notes to the Poems 189
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