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Stories of Indian Saints: Translation of Mahipati's Marathi Bhaktavijaya (Reprint, first published in 1933)
Author
Mahipati Translated from Marathi by Justin E Abbott and Narhar R Godbole
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9788121266406
  • year : 2022
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
The present book is an English translation of Mahipati's Marathi poem Bhakta-Vijaya which records the legends of Indian saints, irrespective of their difference in caste, community, creed, language and place of origin. It is one of the most fascinating of religious story-books Thus we have the record of different saints - Yayadeva, Jnanadeva, Namadeva, Ramananda, Tulasidasa, Kabir, Suradasa, Narsi Mehta and Guru Nanakadeva. A lot of information is available on Ekanath-the greatest scholar-philosopher-saint-poet-cum-social reformer and the towering personalities Tukaram and Ramadasa. It also records the miraculous and fascinating legends of several saints, how they spread the Bhakti cult, how they struggled against discrimination between man and man and how they tried to uproot the malpractices which prevailed in the name of Religion in those days.