Sri Garib Das: Haryana Saint of Humanity - Hardcover

Sri Garib Das : Haryanas Saint of Humanity

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents Introduction. 1. Origin and development of Bhakti movement. 2. The life and works of Garib Das. 3. Political and social conditions. 4. Philosophy and religion of Garib Das. 5. Influence of Kabir on Garib Das. 6. Influence of Adi Grantha on Garib Das. 7. Language of Garib Das. 8. Poetry of Garib Das. 9. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index. About fifty years ago medieval saints were dismissed by Indian pundits as illiterate poets whose writings were not worth studying from the point of view of literature. But the translation of Kabir's poems by Rabindra Nath Tagore suddenly aroused a deep academic interest in the writings of these saint poets. Garib Das of Rohtak District founder of the Garib Dasi sect writes Dr. Mohan Singh May be considered as the last of the Hindu Raj Yogis and Bhakta poets who had as great a mastery of popular poetic language and style as Ghulam Farid had but whose knowledge of other Indian languages was greater than that of any other poet of medieval India the only poet who comes near to him being Shah Qayam Din Chisti of Kari Goan in Bombay. His padas according to Dr. Ram Kumar Verma exceed 17 000. According to Swami Chetan Das the total number of his padas is about 18 500. No other saint poet of medieval India has written in such abundance and on so many facets of spiritual life. Shri Garib Das was a true saint in he sense that the never tried to win favour of kings and rulers. He never sought the patronage of any court. During his life time many invasions and upheavals took place. One king after another was toppled. But we do not find a single reference to events to which he was almost an eye witness. This is the first authentic and critical work ever published on the life and works of Sri Garib Das. The author Dr. K.C. Gupta was attracted towards Garib Das when he attended some satsangas in the company of his father who was a great devotee of the Saint. His literary interest in the writings of Garib Das was aroused after he had passed his M.A. in Punjabi from the Punjab University in the year 1951. This book discusses in depth and detail not only the mysticism and philosophy of Garib Das but also his language and poetry in all their richness and range. Chapters on the broad stream of the Bhakti movement and the social and political conditions of Garib Das life time place the saint in a proper spiritual as well as historical context. 216 pp. Artikel-Nr. 53894

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