Mirabai: The Making of a Saint

by Nancy M Martin

Book Overview

Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195153901
• ISBN13: 9780195153903
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"