Sankardeva
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDH128 |
| Author: | Maheswar Neog |
| Publisher: | National Book Trust, India |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2017 |
| ISBN: | 8123727585 |
| Pages: | 109 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.4 |
Book Description
About the Book
"Sankaradeva," according to the late Prof. Vasudev Sharan Agarwal, "was like the glorious sun under whose warmth of mind Assam blossomed like a lotus of thousand petals."
About the Author
Dr. Maheswar Neog, professor at Guwahati University, was a well-known scholar and indologist besides being well versed in Assamese language and literature. He wrote and edited several classics in Assamese and Sanskrit, including Sankaradeva and His Times, which is considered the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the modern Vaishnava movement in Assam.
| Acknowledgement | vii | |
| 1 | The Background | 1 |
| 2 | The Story of the Saint's Life | 6 |
| 3 | Sankardeva's Vaishnava Order | 29 |
| 4 | Tenets and Practices of the Faith | 33 |
| 5 | Social Reoganisation | 39 |
| 6 | Vedantic Thought | 43 |
| 7 | A Great Age in Literature | 48 |
| A Great Age in Fine Arts | 53 | |
| 9 | Conclusion | 61 |
| An Anthology of Songs and Verses | 65 | |
| Bibliography | 110 |
