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Encoutering Kabir: From Old Manuscripts to Living Oral Traditions
I don’t use ink or paper,
this hand never touched a pen.
The great truths of four ages
Kabir tells with his mouth alone.
If Kabir, the great 15th-century Hindi poet of Banaras, didn’t write anything, how do we now have thousands of poems in his name? This talk will offer a history of Kabir texts and their audiences, concluding with a closer look at the contents of a Rajasthani manuscript dated 1614-21, which Linda Hess is currently translating. There will be a poetry reading!
Date:
16 February 2021, 14:00
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speaker:
Dr Linda Hess (Standford)
Organising department:
Asian Studies Centre
Organiser contact email address:
asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-south-asian-studies-seminar-series-hilary-term-tickets-135658737937?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail
Booking email:
asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Clare Salter
