Poems to Siva : : The Hymns of the Tamil Saints / / Indira Viswanathan Peterson.
Composed by three poet-saints between the sixth and eighth centuries A.D., the Tevaram hymns are the primary scripture of the Tamil Saivism, one of the first popular large-scale devotional movements within Hinduism. Indira Peterson eloquently renders into English a substantial portion of these hymns...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1989 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Library of Asian Translations ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP
- PREFACE
- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
- GUIDE TO TAMIL PRONUNCIATION
- PART ONE. Introduction: Poetry and Religion in the Songs of the Tamil Śaiva Saints
- PART TWO. An Anthology of Hymns from the Tēvāram
- APPENDIXES
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF POEMS
- GENERAL INDEX