Speaking of Siva
Translator - A. K. Ramanujian
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 29 Mar 1973
£10.99
Synopsis
This volume contains a collection of vacanas (free-verse lyrics) centering on the Hindu god Shiva, written by four saints of the great bhakti protest movement of the tenth century a.d.: Basvanna, Devara Dasimayya, Mahaadeviyakka, and Allama Prabhu.Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Further Readings in English
The Poems:
Basavanna
Devara Dasimayya
Mahadeviyakka
Allama Prabbu
Appendix I. The Six-Phase System
Appendix II. On Lingayat Culture
by William McCormack
Notes to the Poems
