{"product_id":"hindi-biography-of-dadu-dayal-idk324","title":"The Hindi Biography of Dadu Dayal","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDK324\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/ar\/book-author\/winand%20m%20callewaert\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Winand M. Callewaert\"\u003eWinand M. Callewaert\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/ar\/book-publisher\/motilal%20banarsidass%20publishers%20pvt%20ltd\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD.\"\u003eMOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eTranslation and Text\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e1988\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e8120804902\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e9.8\" X 7.4\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e During the past few decades some lengthy studies have been devoted to Dadu and the Dadupanth. When writing a biography of Dadu, authors often give a list of sources without apparently having consulted the works they mention, with the result that most literature on the subject now available is to a great extent merely the result of copying from earlier writers. Often, a mass of details about Dadu is given without a clear distinction being made between early documents and later information arising from tradition. In most cases the composition of an original work was followed by a wave of sectarian historians who indulged in laudatory embellishments to the point of the most fanciful miracle mongering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A critical edition of the Hindi Biography of Dadu, by Jan Gopal (ca. 1620 AD) was urgently needed because it shows that within one generation after its redaction the original version was greatly expanded and delicate issues in it were 'explained'. Both versions are given here, with an English translation and commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr. Winand M.\u003c\/b\u003e Callewaert holds degrees in Hindi, \u003ca href=\"\/ar\/book\/Hindu\/sanskrit\"\u003eSanskrit\u003c\/a\u003e, Philosophy and History from Ranchi, Banaras, Pune and Leuven. After long periods of study and research in India and frequent study-tours he has now focused his attention on Middle-Hindi \u003ca href=\"\/ar\/article\/bhakti_sutras\"\u003eBhakti\u003c\/a\u003e Literature in western India. Besides numerous research articles he has published books on Rajab, Dadu and Namdev and on the Bhagavad Gita.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A Place changes because you change. In the sixties, when I first went to Jaipur I found a hot town 'where a snake crawls through the sand and leaves no trace behind, like an ascetic passing through this world, Rajab. Later it became an overcrowded, ever expanding place, with quiet corners full of manuscripts. It was my base for trips into Rajasthan, where you should love rough going if you love manuscripts. But the days and nights in buses and monasteries were very rewarding and they made the present edition possible. Rajasthan became part of my life, not just because I spent a good deal of time working on the documents copied there. It gave me friends and when everything is said and published that is the most rewarding and lasting result of my scholarly lila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This book owes a lot to the many people who helped me. Svami Mangaldas, at whose Samadhi in Kucaman my eyes fill with tears; Svami Narayandas, the prolific writer who spent his last years in Ajmer; the staff of the Dadu Mahavidyalay and Svami Hariramji of Naraina; Mr. A.S. Das and Mr. G.N. Bahura, of the City Palace, Jaipur; Prof. H. Maheshvari, of Jaipur and Dr. B.M. Javaliya, of Udaipur; Mr. and Mrs. U.C. Jain who were extremely helpful when our son was born in Jaipur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I would also like to thank Dr. Mukund Lath for his very valuable suggestions for the translation, P. Holden, of Canberra for her revision of the English and Bart Op de Beeck for his assistance in the Production. And\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e let an editor give what there is, \u003cbr\u003e and let the commentator say \u003cbr\u003e what might be and what ought to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"80%\"\u003ePreface\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Janma Lila\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSectarian sources of Dadu's life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-sectarian and Western sources\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eManuscripts of the Dadu Janma Lila\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIntentional variants\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAdditions and Omissions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNames for God\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDadu's disciples\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTopography\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuotations\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConclusions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnglish translation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e33\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHindi Text\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e89\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConcordance\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e127\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBibliography\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e177\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44619540005165,"sku":"IDK324","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/the_hindi_biography_of_dadu_dayaltranslation_and_idk324.jpg?v=1677761275","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/ar\/products\/hindi-biography-of-dadu-dayal-idk324","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}