Mirabai
Upholding the Common Life (Parita Mukta)
Academic study
Upholding the Common Life (Parita Mukta)
Upholding the Common Life
It analyses the "community of Mirabai": the peasants, artisans and low castes who sing her bhajans and remember her as a rebel, as opposed to the uneasy memory of the Rajput nobility. A key work for understanding Mira as a popular figure.
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Authorship note
A study by the sociologist Parita Mukta based on fieldwork in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Editions and translations
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English
Mirabai
Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai
The Conscious LibraryUpholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai
Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 9780195631159
Other works by Mirabai
- Padavali (Mirabai's songs)
- "Mere to Giridhar Gopal" ("Mine is Giridhar Gopal")
- "Payoji maine Ram ratan dhan payo" ("I have found the jewel of Ram's name")
- Narsi ji ro Mahero
- Commentary on the Gita Govinda
- Rag Govind
- Padas in raga Sorath
- Three Bhakti Voices (John Stratton Hawley) · 2005
- Mirabai: The Making of a Saint (Nancy M. Martin) · 2023
- Mira Bai: Her Life and Times (Hermann Goetz) · 1966
Sources
- Mukta, Parita. Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 9780195631159.
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