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Paperback Songs of Ecstasy: Tantric and Devotional Songs from Colonial Bengal Book

ISBN: 0195139011

ISBN13: 9780195139013

Songs of Ecstasy: Tantric and Devotional Songs from Colonial Bengal

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This book offers the first English translation of a body of highly esoteric, mystical poetry and songs associated with the Khartabhajas, a Bengali sect devoted to Tantrism. The period from the late 18th to the early 19th century, during which these lyrics were written, was an era of change, experimentation, and transition from the older medieval styles to the new literary forms of "modern" Bengal. The highly original songs presented here are an important...

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