Medieval India and Hindi Bhakti Poetry
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Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8124103674
Length
197p., Index; 23cm.
Subjects
In the present work, an attempt has been made to examine the social values and concepts put forward by the Medieval Hindi bhakti saints. The author has shown how a number of these saints, beginning with Mulla Daud during the second half of the 14th century, followed by Kabir, Nanak, etc. set themselves up as critics of the existing social order. They also gave expression to feelings of dissent and protest of the lower orders which these sections could not voice ...
