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Bijak

बीजक (Bījak)

Kabir y Ravidas
byKabir

Scripture of the Kabirpanthis: didactic *ramainis*, *shabdas* (songs) and *sakhis* (couplets), plus some popular forms. It is the most polemical and disconcerting Kabir, that of the direct attacks on caste, rites and sacred books, and of the *ulatbansi*, 'upside-down language' riddles that jolt the listener's mind. Linda Hess and Shukdev Singh translated it in full in 1983, and their edition remains the English reference.

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Editions and translations · 4

English

Authorship note

A compilation of the eastern tradition of the Kabir Panth of Benares, held to be the oldest and most genuine version, although its oldest surviving manuscript is no earlier than the beginning of the nineteenth century (Strnad) and there are two main recensions. Few of its verses coincide with those of the Sikh and Dadupanthi collections. It was not fixed by Kabir, who composed orally.

Editions and translations

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English

  • The Bijak of Kabir — Kabir

    The Bijak of Kabir

    Oxford University Press, 2002

    Translation: Linda Hess y Shukdev Singh

    ISBN 9780195148763

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  • The Bījak of Kabir — Kabir

    The Bījak of Kabir

    Motilal Banarsidass, 2001

    Translation: Linda Hess y Shukdev Singh

    ISBN 9788120802162

    Edición india; ensayos y notas de Linda Hess.

  • The Bījak of Kabir — Kabir

    The Bījak of Kabir

    North Point Press, 1983

    Translation: Linda Hess y Shukdev Singh

    ISBN 9780865471146

    Primera edición.

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  • The Bijak of Kabir, translated into English

    Hamirpur (U. P.), 1917

    Translation: Ahmad Shah

    Primera traducción inglesa completa; escaneo en Internet Archive (bijakofkabirtran00kabiuoft).

Other works by Kabir

Sources

  • Strnad, Jaroslav. «Kabīr's Pads». En Triveṇī: Texts of Three Literary Traditions in Early Modern Languages of North India. Osaka: Osaka University, 2023, pp. 61–128. DOI 10.18910/94760.

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