Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat: A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories

by Neelima Shukla-Bhatt

Book Overview

Exploring medieval manuscripts, Gandhi's writings, and performances in multiple religious and non-religious contexts, Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat demonstrates how over five centuries, performers and audiences of devotional songs and hagiographic narratives associated with the saint-poet Narasinha Mehta have sculpted them into popular sources of moral inspiration. Taking Gandhi's use of these works in his social reconstruction programs as an example,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199976422
• ISBN13: 9780199976423
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"