Speaking of Siva - Softcover

 
9780140442700: Speaking of Siva
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140442707 ISBN 13: 9780140442700
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1973

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Speaking of Siva is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they are passionate lyrical expressions of the search for an unpredictable and spontaneous spiritual vision of 'now'. Here, yogic and tantric symbols, riddles and enigmas subvert the language of ordinary experience, as references to night and day, sex and family relationships take on new mystical meanings. These intense poems of personal devotion to a single deity also question traditional belief systems, customs, superstitions, image worship and even moral strictures, in verse that speaks to all men and women regardless of class and caste.

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Translated with an introduction by A. K. Ramanujan

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
1973
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0140442707
ISBN 13 
9780140442700
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
208
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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