July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
536 pages
19h 8m
English
—Bijayalaxmi Nanda
The bhakti movement is known for actuating social transformative norms and practices in medieval Indian history . Many poets of the period, whose writings continue to influence social and political thought in India, include, Kabir, Namdev, Tulsidas, Surdas, Andal, Meerabai, Lal Ded, Akka Mahadevi, Ammaiyar and others. This chapter examines the contributions of Meerabai to the womanhood mediated through the interconnections of her bhakti, popular support and freedom in Indic culture. It examines her writings and their influence on society through a historical account of her life in order to understand how she was able to expand the periphery of women’s freedom in the existing ...
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