The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of IndiaKarine Schomer, W. H. McLeod |
Contents
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The Ineffable Nirguna Brahman | 41 |
The Interaction of Saguna and Nirguna Images of Deity | 47 |
Love and Meditation in the Bhakti Tradition | 53 |
The Dohā as a Vehicle of Sant Teachings | 61 |
The Sant as a Link between Cultures | 91 |
A Comparative Study | 111 |
The Development of the Sikh Panth | 229 |
The Meaning of Sant in Sikh Usage | 251 |
Sants and the Sant Tradition in the Context of Overseas | 265 |
The KabirPanth and Social Protest | 281 |
Seed Service Substance | 335 |
The Sant Movement and North Indian Sufis | 359 |
The Bauls and the Islamic Tradition | 375 |
The Writings of the Tamil Siddhas | 385 |
Kabirs Rough Rhetoric | 121 |
LINDA HESS | 143 |
The Sources | 161 |
The Sant in Sur | 171 |
The ShaivaVaishnava Synthesis in Maharashtrian Santism | 215 |
Note on the Frontispiece | 415 |
GLOSSARY | 423 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 451 |
Common terms and phrases
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