Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai

Professor Centre of Asian and African Studies David N Lorenzen, David N. Lorenzen, Ananta-das, Anantad?sa Vai??ava

SUNY Press, Jan 1, 1991 - Religion - 268 pages

This book represents the first systematic collection and analysis of the principal legends about Kabir Das, a fifteenth-century poet-saint. It focuses on the ways in which the legends embody and reflect the often changing social and religious needs of those who created and listened to them. Particular attention is paid to the earliest known collection of legends, Ananta-das's Kabir Parachai. This book makes available for the first time an English translation of this text, with detailed notes on its variant readings, as well as a corrected Hindi edition based on a comparison of over a dozen manuscripts. The various historical synchronisms between Kabir and his leading contemporaries, including Ramananda and King Virasimhadev Baghel, are reevaluated, and a solution is proposed to the longstanding debate about Kabir's dates.

Contents

• Legends and History: 3
• The Kabir Parachai Cycle: 23
• Other Legends: 43
• The Text of the Kabir Parachai: 73
• A Translation of the Kabir Parachai: 93
• An Edition of the Kabir Parachai: 129
• Appendix A The 1693 V S Manuscript RPP 11583: 213
• Bibliography: 255
• Index: 263

About the author

David N. Lorenzen is Professor in the Center of Asian and African Studies of El Colegio de Mexico.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das's Kabir Parachai; SUNY Series in Chinese Philoso; SUNY series in Hindu studies
• Authors: Professor Centre of Asian and African Studies David N Lorenzen, David N. Lorenzen, Ananta-das, Anantad?sa Vai??ava
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SUNY Press, 1991
• ISBN: 0791404617, 9780791404614
• Length: 268 pages
• Subjects: Religion / General