This book offers the first English translation of a body of highly esoteric, mystical poetry and songs associated with the Khartabhajas, a Bengali sect devoted to Tantrism. The period from the late 18th to the early 19th century, during which these lyrics were written, was an era of change, experimentation, and transition from the older medieval styles to the new literary forms of "modern" Bengal. The highly original songs presented here are an important part of this transitional period, reflecting the search for new literary forms and experimentation in new poetic styles.
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"This volume will be of interest to those interested in the dynamics between religious traditions and the rise of colonialism, along with students of poetry, tantra, Vaishnavism in Bengal and those engaged in Subaltern Studies. The translations are clear, expressive, and sensitive in diction and style."-- Chicago South Asia Newsletter
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Hugh B. Urban is at Ohio State University.
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As the title Bhaver Gita implies, the songs translated in this volume are a genre of deeply mystical, esoteric songs (gita), composed in the Bengali language, and centered around the experience of religious ecstasy (bhava). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
secret marketplace, stinking fruit, subaltern consciousness, divine emotion, poor company, lowly people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hidden City, British East India, Sri Caitanya, Bengal Renaissance, Company Warehouse New!
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As the title Bhaver Gita implies, the songs translated in this volume are a genre of deeply mystical, esoteric songs (gita), composed in the Bengali language, and centered around the experience of religious ecstasy (bhava). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
secret marketplace, stinking fruit, subaltern consciousness, divine emotion, poor company, lowly people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hidden City, British East India, Sri Caitanya, Bengal Renaissance, Company Warehouse New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society, Vol. 6 by Ranajit Guha on page 7, and Back Matter
- The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Truth Is, the by H.W.L.Poojna Sri on page 116
- Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society, Vol. 9 by Shahid Amin in Back Matter
- Theories of Translation: An Anthology of Essays from Dryden to Derrida by John Biguenet on page 152
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- Was Hinduism Invented?: Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion by Brian K. Pennington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal by Hugh B. Urban in Table of Contents
- Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary by Francis X. Clooney in Back Matter
- Reconstructing Tradition: Advaita Acarya and Gaudiya Vaisnavism at the Cusp of the Twentieth Century by Rebecca Manring in Back Matter
- Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India by Roger R. Jackson in Back Matter
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