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Early Women Writers

Meera

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Author

Meera

Location

Marwar, Rajasthan

Dates

1498-1546

Works

Paayoji maine Ram Ratan dhan paayo, and other poems

Languages

Rajasthani

Genres

Bhajans (devotional poetry)

Editions and Translations

Subramanian, VK. Mystic songs of Meera (in Hindi and English). Abhinav publications. 2005.

Bibliography

Mīrābāī and Her Contributions to the Bhakti Movement, S. M. Pandey and Norman Zide (1965), History of Religions, Vol. 5, No. 1, pages 54–73; Mirabai in Rajasthan, Parita Mukta (1989) Feminist and Non-Western Perspectives in the Music Theory Classroom: A Study of John Harbison's Mirabai Songs, Amy Carr-Richardson (2002), College Music Symposium, Vol. 42, pages 20–36; Without Kṛṣṇa There Is No Song, David Kinsley (1972), History of Religions, Vol. 12, No. 2, pages 149-180; By the Sweetness of the Tongue: Duty, Destiny, and Devotion in the Oral Life Narratives of Female Sādhus in Rajasthan, Antoinette E. DeNapoli (2009), Asian

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