Publication
Imprint: Walnut Creek, California : AltaMira Press a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., published in cooperation with theInternational Sacred Literature Trust, c2005. Context: Reprint. Originally published: New Delhi : Book Review Literary Trust, 2002. Series: The Sacred Literature Series. Responsibility: Poems and songs of Chokhamela (Cokhāmeḷā). Selected, translated from the Marathi with an introduction by Rohini Mokashi-Punekar; and a foreword by Suguna Ramanathan. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxviii, 72 pages ; 23 cm.
Call number
GT-H-B / Chokh
ISBN
9780759108219
Original publication date
2002
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: An untouchable in fourteenth-century western India, Chokhamela was cast out of temples because of his status. But his poetry captures this waiting, on the threshold of Hindu temples, without anger, without self-pity. Chokhamela belonged to the varkari tradition of Maharashtra, a sect that worshipped the god Vitthal but questioned the medieval orthodox Hinduism. The varkari tradition emphasizing simplicity is still alive in India today. Chokhamela's verses are remembered not only because he was one of the very first writers in India of the untouchable class. His questioning of his marginality - along with his realization of the god's need and love for him - are themes that continue to resonate today. -- from back cover
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Physical description
xxviii, 72 p.; 23 cm
Description
An untouchable in fourteenth century western India, Chokhamela was cast out of temples because of his status. But his poetry captures this waiting, on the threshold of Hindu temple, without anger, without self-pity. Chokhamela belonged to the varkari tradition of Maharashtra, a sect that worshipped the god Vitthal but questioned the medieval orthodox Hinduism. The varkari tradition emphasizing simplicity is still alive in India today. Chokhamela's verses are remembered not only because he was one of the very first writers in India of the untouchable class. His questionning of his marginality along with his realization of the god's need and love for him, are themes that continue to resonate today.
Original language
Marathi