Poems to Siva : The Hymns of the Tamil Saints
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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; A Note on Transliteration; Part 1 Introduction: Poetry and Religion in the Songs of the Tamil Śaiva Saints; Part 2 An Anthology of Hymns from the Tēvāram ; Appendixes.