Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India

Tyler Williams is assistant professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, USA.Anshu Malhotra is associate professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, India.John S. Hawley is Claire Tow Professor of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA.

this volume brings into productive conversation the current work of many of the leading scholars of early modern North India and is invaluable for those interested in the religion, history, or literature of the period.

• List of Tables Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration IntroductionTyler Williams and Anshu Malhotra Part One Between Cosmopolitan and Bhasa 1. The Emergence of Hindi Literature: FromTransregional Maru-Gurjar to Madhyadesi Narratives Imre Bangha2. Urdu as Persian: Some Eighteenth-Century Evidenceon Vernacular Poetry as Language Planning Arthur Dudney3. Muslim Mahakavyas: Sanskrit and Translationin the Sultanates Luther Obrock4. Making Sense of Bhasa in Sanskrit: RadhamohanThakkur's Mahabhavanusarini-tika and LiteraryCulture in Early Eighteenth-Century Bengal Samuel Wright5. Commentary as Translation: The Vairagya Vrndof Bhagvandas Niranjani Tyler Williams Part Two Poetic Genres and Personalities 6. Poetry in Ragas or Ragas in Poetry? Studiesin the Concept of Poetic Communication Raman P. Sinha7. Searching for the Source or Mapping the Stream?Some Text-Critical Issues in the Study ofMedieval Bhakti Jaroslav Strnad8. Duality in the Language and Literary Styleof Raskhan's Poetry Hiroko Nagasaki9. Religious Syncretism and Literary Innovation:New Perspectives on Bhakti and Rasas in theVijnanagita by Keshavdas Stefania Cavaliere10. 'This Is How We Play Holi': Allegory in North IndianDigambar Jain Holi Songs John E. Cort11. Hindi Barahmasa Tradition: From Narpati Nalhato Present-Day Folk Songs and Popular Publications Teiji Sakata Part Three History in Hindi12. War and Succession: Padmakar, Man Kavi,and the Gosains in Bundelkhand William Pinch13. The Poetics of History in Padmakar'sHimmatbahadurvirudavaliAllison Busch14. Making the War Come Alive: Dingal Poetry andPadmakar's HimmatbahadurvirudavaliDalpat Rajpurohit15. Alam: A Poet of Many Worlds Shreekant Kumar Chandan16. The Pursuit of Pilgrimage, Pleasure, andMilitary Alliances: Nagaridas's Tirthananda Heidi R. M. Pauwels Part Four Sampraday and Beyond17. Gopal Bhatt: Carrier of Bhakti to the North Shrivatsa Goswami18. Gadadhar Bhatt and His Family: Facilitatorsof the Song of Bhakti in Vrindavan Swapna Sharma19. Bhatts in Braj John Stratton Hawley20. 'Why Do We Still Sift the Husk-Like Upanisads?'Revisiting Vedanta in Early ChaitanyaVaishnava Theology Rembert Lutjeharms21. Religious Reading and Everyday Lives Emilia Bachrach About the Editors and Contributors Index