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Six Great Female Mystical Poets of India

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537210988
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Six Great Female Mystical Poets of India written by Paul Smith and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIX GREAT FEMALE MYSTICAL POETS OF INDIA Translation & Introduction Paul Smith This is a collection of six great women mystical poets of India in the correct form of the poetry and the meaning ever. It covers the years from the 8th to the 17th century. Here are poems full of longing, loving, faith and despair, pain and bliss, realization and depression... always honest, always real and at times... inspiring and helpful on the spiritual path. Here are poets who are always, lovers of the One Who unites us all. These poems were composed in Persian and the various Indian lamguages. THE POETS: Andal, Janabai, Lalla Ded, Mira Bai, Bahina Bai, and Makhfi. The book concentrates on the poetry of the 'naked' Kashmiri poet Lalla Ded & the Sufi poet Makhfi. Biographies and 'Further Reading' begin each selection. Introduction on The Main Forms in the Poetry of These Women Poets. Large Format 7" x 10" Pages 329. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Lalla Ded, Iqbal, Ghalib and many others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Great Women of India

Author : Swami Madhavananda
Publisher : Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Women of India written by Swami Madhavananda and published by Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). This book was released on 1953 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent volume, containing twenty-four valuable articles from the pen of eminent writers and a scholarly introduction by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, is an attempt, the first of its kind, to survey the position and prospect of women in Indian society during the last five thousand years through an illustrative study of the lives and achievements of the more outstanding among them. A study of this book will surely lead to a proper understanding of the subject and a correct assessment of Indian culture. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.

Varieties of Female Gothic Vol 6

Author : Gary Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000749940
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Varieties of Female Gothic Vol 6 written by Gary Kelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers scholarly and critical editions of significant novels of Gothic fiction from the Romantic period. It illustrates the various forms of female Gothic literature as a vehicle for representing the modern forms of subjectivity, or complex and authentic inward experience and identity.

Wild Women

Author : Arundhathi Subramaniam
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357089276
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Wild Women written by Arundhathi Subramaniam and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The names of Mirabai, Akka Mahadevi and Andal, are known to many, but innumerable women poets remain relatively unknown. When we hear of them, it is invariably as plaster saints or meek followers. It is time to smell the danger in their words again, to listen to their feral sensuality, their searing questions about custodians of gender and faith. It is time to tune into their brazenness, their heartbreaking longing. Not just for their sake but for ours too. In this anthology of sacred poetry that arrives after the much-loved book, Eating God, Arundhathi Subramaniam weaves together haunting voices of, by and for women across the Indian subcontinent. Here is a lineage of audacious woman-centred spirituality that traverses the poetry of ancient Buddhist nuns, Bhakti and Sufi mystics, tantrikas and Vedantins. There are women here, and men singing as women, and both raising their voices in praise of the sacred feminine. Brought to us through translation, these poems surprise with how intimately familiar their ravenous yearnings and ecstatic freedoms are. Wild Women invites us to reclaim an explosive inheritance of female power, rapture and wisdom.

Gender and Medieval Mysticism from India to Europe

Author : Alexandra Verini
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000928608
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Medieval Mysticism from India to Europe written by Alexandra Verini and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe. It considers how women from the disparate religious traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity expressed devotion in parallel ways. The argument is that women’s mysticism demands to be compared not because of any essential "female" experience of the divine but because the parallel positions of marginalization that pre-modern women experienced led them to deploy intimate encounters with the divine to speak publicly and claim authority. The topics covered range from the Sufi devotional tradition of Sidis (Indians of African ancestry) to the Bhakti poet Mīrābaī and the nuns of Barking Abbey. Collectively the chapters show how mysticism allowed premodern women to speak and act by unsettling traditional gender roles and expectations for religious behavior. At the same time as uncovering connections, the juxtaposition of women from different traditions serves to highlight distinctive features. The book draws on a range of disciplinary expertise and will be of particular interest to scholars of medieval religion and theology as well as history and literary studies.

The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual

Author : Shemeem Burney Abbas
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292784503
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual written by Shemeem Burney Abbas and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers assume the female voice when singing the myths of heroines in qawwali and sufiana-kalam. Yet, despite the centrality of the female voice in Sufi practice throughout South Asia and the Middle East, it has received little scholarly attention and is largely unknown in the West. This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. Shemeem Burney Abbas investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at women's participation in them, as well as male performers' use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians and her transliteration of audio- and videotaped performances. Through them, she draws vital connections between oral culture and the written Sufi poetry that the musicians sing for their audiences. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.

The Mystic and the Lyric

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Publisher : Zubaan
ISBN 13 : 9385932837
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book The Mystic and the Lyric written by and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lal Ded, Habba Khatun, Rupa Bhavani, Arnimal: these four women poets, dating from different periods in the history of Kashmir, are household names in the valley and are claimed by all, no matter what religious, ethnic or other group they belong to. In this beautiful volume, Neerja Mattoo brings their work together for the first time, placing it in two traditions, the mystic and the lyric. Fine and nuanced translations of their poems are accompanied by brief introductions to their work that place the women in a historical context and deal with both the facts and the beliefs about their work.

Mirabai

Author : Robert Bly
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807063866
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book Mirabai written by Robert Bly and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of poems by Mirabai, the fifteenth-century female Indian ecstatic poet. Like Coleman Barks's translations of Rumi, this collection of poems by Mirabai will appeal to anyone interested in spiritual poetry.

Anglophone Indian Women Writers, 1870–1920

Author : Ellen Brinks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317180917
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Anglophone Indian Women Writers, 1870–1920 written by Ellen Brinks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of extensive archival recovery work, Ellen Brinks's study fills a significant gap in our understanding of women's literary history of the South Asian subcontinent under colonialism and of Indian women's contributions and responses to developing cultural and political nationalism. As Brinks shows, the invisibility of Anglophone Indian women writers cannot be explained simply as a matter of colonial marginalization or as a function of dominant theoretical approaches that reduce Indian women to the status of figures or tropes. The received narrative that British imperialism in India was perpetuated with little cultural contact between the colonizers and the colonized population is complicated by writers such as Toru Dutt, Krupabai Satthianadhan, Pandita Ramabai, Cornelia Sorabji, and Sarojini Naidu. All five women found large audiences for their literary works in India and in Great Britain, and all five were also deeply rooted in and connected to both South Asian and Western cultures. Their works created new zones of cultural contact and exchange that challenge postcolonial theory's tendencies towards abstract notions of the colonized women as passive and of English as a de-facto instrument of cultural domination. Brinks's close readings of these texts suggest new ways of reading a range of issues central to postcolonial studies: the relationship of colonized women to the metropolitan (literary) culture; Indian and English women's separate and joint engagements in reformist and nationalist struggles; the 'translatability' of culture; the articulation strategies and complex negotiations of self-identification of Anglophone Indian women writers; and the significance and place of cultural difference.

Mysticism in India

Author : Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873956697
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Mysticism in India written by Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysticism in India is a complete and informative description of the teachings, works, and lives of the great poet-saints of Maharashtra written by a scholar and professor who was also a mystic. Jnaneshwar, Namadev, Tukaram, Eknath, Ramdas, and the other saints discussed belonged to the great devotional religious movement that spread through medieval India. With the exception of Ramdas, they all belonged to the tradition of the Varkaris, the most popular sect in contemporary Maharashtra. Their compositions exemplify the universality of their faith and practice, and are recognized as literary treasures. Ranade was primarily interested in the poet-saints as mystics--teachers of the perennial philosophy--whose experiences have general metaphysical and religious implications. At the heart of his classic is a comprehensive, objective presentation of the thought of these saints, augmented by a deep appreciation of their value and relevance to present-day scholars and seekers. Mysticism in India is the only major study in English of medieval Indian religious literature. The book's enduring value has been enhanced by the addition of a foreword by a scholar currently working in Marathi literature, and a preface by a present-day poet-saint of Maharashtra.

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Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN 13 : 932619504X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book written by and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Female Ascetics in Hinduism

Author : Lynn Teskey Denton
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791461792
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Female Ascetics in Hinduism written by Lynn Teskey Denton and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2004-08-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female Ascetics in Hinduism provides a vivid account of the lives of women renouncers--women who renounce the world to live ascetic spiritual lives--in India. The author approaches the study of female asceticism by focusing on features of two dharmas, two religiously defined ways of life: that of woman-as-householder and that of the ascetic, who, for various reasons, falls outside the realm of householdership. The result of fieldwork conducted in V? ran? si (Benares), the book explores renouncers' social and personal backgrounds, their institutions, and their ways of life. Offering a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of this little-known world, this highly readable book will be indispensable to those interested in female asceticism in the Hindu tradition and women's spiritual lives around the world.

Yoga Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yoga Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.

Sanathana Sarathi English Volume 07 (2012 - 2021)

Author : Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
Publisher : Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4302 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sanathana Sarathi English Volume 07 (2012 - 2021) written by Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre and published by Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre . This book was released on 2022-11-12 with total page 4302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Started in 1958, Sanathana Sarathi is a monthly magazine devoted to Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Shanti (Peace) and Prema (Love) - the four cardinal principles of Bhagawan Baba's philosophy. It is published from Prasanthi Nilayam (the Abode of Highest Peace) and acts as a mouthpiece of Baba's Ashram as it speaks of the important events that take place in His sacred Abode, besides carrying Divine Messages conveyed through Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The word meaning of Sanathana Sarathi is the 'Eternal Charioteer'. It signifies the presence of the Lord in every being as the atma guiding their lives like a charioteer. It implies that he who places his life, the body being likened to a chariot, in an attitude of surrender in the hands of the Lord, will be taken care of by the Lord even as a charioteer would take the occupant of his chariot safely to its destination. The magazine is an instrument to disseminate spiritual knowledge for the moral, physical and mental uplift of humanity without any discrimination as the subject matter discussed therein is always of common interest and of universal appeal. The fifteen Vahinis - streams of sacredness - known as the Vahini Series comprising annotation and interpretation of the Upanishads and other scriptures, Itihasas like the Ramayana, the Bhagavatha and the Mahabharata, and authentic explanations on Dhyana, Dharma, Prema, etc., have been serially published in this magazine as and when they emanated from the Divine pen of Bhagawan Baba. This magazine is published in almost all Indian languages, English and Telugu from Prasanthi Nilayam and others from respective regions. Every year Sanathana Sarathi comes out with a special issue in November commemorating the Divine Birthday. The English and Telugu magazines are posted on the 10th and 23rd respectively, of every month, from Prasanthi Nilayam. This magazine has wide, ever increasing circulation in India as well as abroad, as the study of it brings the reader closer to the philosophy of the Avatar in simple understandable language THUS SPAKE SAI... Discoursing during the launch of Sanathana Sarathi... From this day, our Sanathana Sarathi will lead to victory the cohorts of truth - the Vedas, the Sastras and similar scriptures of all faiths, against the forces of the ego such as injustice, falsehood, immorality and cruelty. This is the reason why it has emerged. This Sarathi will fight in order to establish world prosperity. It is bound to sound the paean of triumph when universal Ananda is achieved.

Mysticism in Indian Poetry

Author : Kamal Narayan Choudhury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mysticism in Indian Poetry written by Kamal Narayan Choudhury and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysticism In Poetry; Mysticism In Assamese Poetry Before The Romantic Age; The Assamese Mystic Poets Of The Romantic Age, Sufi Poetry In Romantic Age. Without Dustjacket.

CliffsNotes on Whitman's Leaves of Grass

Author : V. A. Shahane
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544182510
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book CliffsNotes on Whitman's Leaves of Grass written by V. A. Shahane and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1972-10-20 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.

Same-Sex Love in India

Author : R. Vanita
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137054808
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Same-Sex Love in India written by R. Vanita and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature. Translated from more than a dozen languages and drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fictional traditions, these writings testify to the presence of same-sex love in various forms since ancient times, without overt persecution. This collection defies both stereotypes of Indian culture and Foucault's definition of homosexuality as a nineteenth-century invention, uncovering instead complex discourses of Indian homosexuality, rich metaphorical traditions to represent it, and the use of names and terms as early as medieval times to distinguish same-sex from cross-sex love. An eminent group of scholars have translated these writings for the first time or have re-translated well-known texts to correctly make evident previously underplayed homoerotic content. Selections range from religious books, legal and erotic treatises, story cycles, medieval histories and biographies, modern novels, short stories, letters, memoirs, plays and poems. From the Rigveda to Vikram Seth, this anthology will become a staple in courses on gender and queer studies, Asian studies, and world literature.