The songs of Tukoba
- 1st ed.
- New Delhi Manohar 2012
- 180p.
Introduction: Tuka Became the Pinnacle The Songs of Tukoba 1. Personal/Autobiographical Songs 2. On Refusing to Meet Shivaji 3. Who are 'We', the Varkaris 4. Social and Religious Critique 5. Religious Questioning 6. Other Abhangs
Songs of Tukoba Tukoba (Tukaram) was a seventeenth-century Bhakti Sant (saint-poet) of the Varkari movement in Maharashtra. He is still considered the best Marathi poet. These new translations by Gail Omvedt and Bharat Patankar seek to capture the wonder of his writing, his lyricism and his profound meanings.
English
978-8173049590
Religious poetry Tukārāma, approximately 1608-approximately 1649 Tukaram Songs of Tukoba