Speaking of ŚivaA. K. Ramanujan A selection of free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, these sayings are the lyrical expressions of the search for an unpredictable and spontaneous spiritual vision of 'now'. |
Contents
Translators Note | 11 |
Acknowledgements | 17 |
Introduction | 19 |
Further Readings in English | 57 |
Basavanna | 61 |
Devara Dasimayya | 91 |
Mahadeviyakka | 111 |
Allama Prabhu | 143 |
The SixPhase System | 169 |
On Lingayat Culture | 175 |
Notes to the Poems | 189 |
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A. K. RAMANUJAN Aikya Akka Allama Prabhu anga anti-structure anubhava Appendix Basavanna bhakti body body's born Brahman breath burned caste chariot converted Cultural Dāsimayya devotee Dharwar English esoteric experience eyes feet fire folksong gods Gōrakṣa guru hand heart Hindu Hinduism holy human Illusion Indian jaina jangama Kalyāņa Kannada king language legend linga Lingayat living look Lord of Caves lord white Lord's Mahādēvi Mahādēviyakka marriage master Māyā meeting rivers metaphor moon mother moving Mysore mystical pan-Indian Parvati phases poem poetry poets priests purana Ramanatha regional reject religion religious ritual sacred Saiva Sakti Sanskrit senses serpent sing Śiva Siva's six-phase system smell snake social speak śruti stages sthalas sthavara symbol Tamil temple texts things tion traditions translation tree vacanakāras vacanas Vedic village virakta Viraśaiva Viraśaiva saints white as jasmine William McCormack wind winnow woman word worship yoga yogic