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Medieval guru’s life unfolds: teachings, travels, and earthly details.
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God at Play, Volume 2
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400 pages
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Summary
The oldest extant literature written in Marathi.
God at Play, or Līḷācaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami. His followers, called Mahanubhavs, understand him to be an incarnation of Parameshvar, the one supreme God. Mhaimbhat, a Brahmin goldsmith who became one of Chakradhar’s most important followers, compiled this astonishingly down-to-earth religious text around 1278. It records not only Chakradhar’s …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674303706 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674303709 |
| Author: | Mhaimbhat, Anne Feldhaus |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
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Mhaimbhat
Anne Feldhaus is Distinguished Foundation Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita, at Arizona State University.
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