00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094814.0 260919s2010 ii o 00 0 eng d 9789350181133 M.K.V. Narayan Lyrical Musings on Indic Culture: A Sociological Study of Songs of Sant Purandara Dasa / M.K.V. Narayan. New Delhi Readworthy Press Corporation 2010. 1 online resource With more and more youngsters of India adapting to English for their routine activities, many lyrical gems of Indian poets of yester-years in vernacular languages have become obscure or even lost to the new generations. The present book fills in this gap. It presents English version of some of the most popular songs of Sant Purandara Dasa, originally composed in Kannada. Besides explaining devotional and philosophical aspects of these songs, it also analyzes the views of Sant Purandara Dasa on societal mores and his criticism of the social evils of the 15th century India. Purandaradasa, 1484-1564--Criticism, Textual. Carnatic music--History and criticism. India--In literature. Culture in literature. PHILOSOPHY / Religious bisacsh https://book.shhalaj.com/9789350181133