Kabir (1440-1518) : A Selected Bibliography

Kabir : A Selected Bibliography

Arranged by Life’s Serendipity

Swami Samarpan David

May 2014

Reference Works

Barratt, David. (2012). Songs of Kabir. [Book Review]. In: Magill’s Literary Annual 2012, 1-3. Library Database.

Bermann, S. (2012). Love poetry. In: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics. Library Database.

Bhakti. (2012). In: Britannica concise encyclopedia. Library Database.

Bigelow, Anna, and Juan Eduardo Campo. (2004). ‘Hinduism and Islam.’ In: Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Ed. Richard C. Martin. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 301-306. World History in Context. Library Database.

Bhojpuri. (2004). In: Dictionary of languages. Library Database.

Burt, S. (2012). Refrain. In: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics. Library Database.

Graham, K. (2012). Devotional poetry. In: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics. Library Database.

Hart, K. (2012). Religion and poetry. In: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics. Library Database.

Hindi. (2004). In: Dictionary of languages. Library Database.

Kabir (1440 to 1518). (2005). In: Chambers dictionary of world history. Library Database.

Kabir. (2014). In: Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. URL: Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/309270/Kabir.

Kabir (lived second half of the 15th century). [quotation]. (2013). In: The Hutchinson unabridged encyclopedia with atlas and weather guide. Library Database.

Kabir. (2006). In: Encyclopedia of World Biography. Vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 2006. World History in Context. Library Database.

Kabir. (2013). In: The Hutchinson unabridged encyclopedia with atlas and weather guide. Library Database.

Long, Roger D. (2006). Kabir. In: Encyclopedia of India. Ed. Stanley Wolpert. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006. 1. World History in Context. Library Database.

McLeod, W. H. (1992). Kabir Legends and Ananta-das’s Kabir Parachai. The Journal of the American Oriental Society 112.3 (1992): 511+. World History in Context. Library Database.

Ramananda (14th--15th century). (2002). In Dictionary of Hindu lore and legend, Thames & Hudson. Library Database.

Singh, G. (1999). Tagore, Rabindranath. In Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century. Library Database.

Snell, R. (2012). Hindi poetry. In: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics. Library Database.

Thoreau, Henry David. (2008). In: American environmental leaders: From colonial times to the present. Library Database.

Articles from Popular Sources

Campbell, R. M. (1995). Songs of Kabir is a finely woven musical tapestry : [FINAL Edition]. Seattle Post - Intelligencer C.2 (1995). Library Database.

English, B. (2000). Light and Dark in Harmony in Marin Choral Program / West Marin Singers team up with Winifred Baker Chorale : [FINAL Edition]. San Francisco Chronicle 5 (2000). Library Database.

Kabir. (2014). In: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web.

Kleinzahler, A. (2011). Songs of Kabir. [Book Review]. Translated by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. The New York Times (2011). Web. URL: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/book-review-songs-of-kabir-by-translated-by-arvind-krishna-mehrotra.html>

Luft, C. (1995). Medieval Mystics Square Off for Poetry Bout Mirabai Vs. Kabir Tonight. The Santa Fe New Mexican 10 (1995). Web.

Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. (2011). When Mysticism Came Down to Earth; A great Indian poet found spiritualism in puncturing the preening religious enthusiasms of others. Wall Street Journal (Online). (Life and Style Section: 12 May 2011). Library Database.

Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. Truth in upside down verse : Songs Of Kabir : A modern re-interpretation of Kabir shows the growing relevance of the poet-saint. Leisure Section - India Today. Web. URL: <http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/songs-of-kabir-translated-by-arvind-krishna-mehrotra/1/154088.html>

Renowned Singer Pays Homage To Indian Poet Kabir, March 24 at SU. (2009). Targeted News Service. Library Database.

Books (Print and Surface Web)

Bahadur, K. P. (1997). A new look at Kabir. (Ess Ess Publications). Print.

Das, Subhamoy. (n.d.). Sant Kabir : Life and Works of the Unique Mystical Saint Poet. [Based on Evelyn Underhill’s introduction in Songs of Kabir translated by Rabindranath Tagore and published by The Macmillan Company, New York (1915)]. Web.

Hawley, J. S. (2005). Three bhakti voices : Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in their time and ours. Oxford University Press, 2005. Print.

Hess, Linda. (2002). The Bijak of Kabir. Oxford University Press, 2002. Print.

Horstmann, M. (2002). Images of Kabīr. New Delhi: Manohar. Print.

Kabir & Ajaib Singh. The ocean of love : The Anurāg sāgar of Kabir. (Sant Bani Ashram, 1982). Web.

Kabir, Hess, L. & Siṃha, S. The Bijak of Kabir. (North Point Press, 1983). Print.

Kabir & Das, J. (2005). Songs of the divine. (Urban Mystic Books). Web.

Kabir & Vaudeville, C. (1997). A weaver named Kabir: selected verses. Oxford University Press, 1997. Print.

Kabir Poems. (2004). Classic Poetry Series. Web.

Kabir. The weaver’s songs. (Penguin Books, 2003). Print.

Kabir, Cho Oh-Hyun, Osho and Ten Ox-Herding Pictures of Zen. (n.d.). Web.

Kabir, Tagore, R. & Underhill, E. Songs of Kabir. (Macmillan Co., 1915). Web.

Keay, F. E. (1931). Kabīr and his followers. Calcutta: Association Press (Y.M.C.A.). Print.

Osho. (1975). Osho on Kabir : 10 poems : The Great Secret. (Original title: Gunge Keri Sartara). Web.

Osho. (1978). The divine melody: discourses on songs of Kabir. (Rajneesh Foundation, 1978). Print.

Osho. (1978). Ecstasy, the forgotten language : Discourses on Songs of Kabir. Poona, India: Rajneesh Foundation.

Osho & Satya Vedant. (2012). The fabric of life : On the songs of the mystic Kabir. (Osho Media International, 2012). Print.

Osho & Yoga, A. (1980). The fish in the sea is not thirsty: 15 discourses given by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on the Songs of Kabir. Poona, India: Rajneesh Foundation.

Osho, Yogesh, & Prem, C. (2007). Fly without wings: Discourses on song's of Kabir. New Delhi: Fusion Books.

Osho & Kabir. (2008). The great secret : Talks on the songs of Kabir. (Jaico, 2008). Print.

Osho & Yoga, S. (1981). The guest : Talks on Kabir : Fifteen spontaneous talks given by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh from April 26th to May 10th, 1979 at the Rajneesh Ashram in Poona, India. Antelope, Oregon: Rajneesh Foundation International.

Osho & Bodhitaru. (2010). The path of love : On the songs of the Indian mystic Kabir. Pune: Osho Media International.

Osho. The revolution : Talks on Kabir. (Jaico Pub. House, 2004). Print.

Sethi, V. K, & Kabir, K. (1994). Kabir, the weaver of Godʼs name. 2nd ed. Punjab, India: Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Print.

Singh, Kirpal. (n.d.). Selections from Kabir : A great mystic. 80 pages. Web.

Tagore, Rabindranath. (1915). Songs of Kabir. 50 pages. Web.

Wibe, Per H. (n.d.). Kabir in the light of Kriya : Texts and commentaries of scriptures. Web. URL: http://kriyabanservice.com/kabir-verses-kriya.php

Articles from Scholarly Publications

Agrawal, P. (2013). Diversity and multi-vocality of Hindu tradition. (14 June 2013). Web. PurushottamAgrawal.com URL: <http://www.purushottamagrawal.com/2013/06/diversity-and-multi-vocality-of-hindu-tradition/>

Agrawal, Purushottam. (2010). Reinterpreting a poet’s life and his times. Communalism Combat, Year 16, No. 147. Web.

Agrawal, Purushottam. (2012). Something will ring : Translating Kabir and his life. Pratilipi : A bilingual literary journal. Web.

Bose, M. Where he lies, I lie : Tagore meets Kabir. The Journal of Hindu Studies 4, 165–175 (2011). Library Database.

Friedlander, P. (2012). Kabir and the print sphere : Negotiating identity. Thesis Eleven 113, 45–56 (2012). Library Database.

Friedlander, Peter. (2010). Ritual and Reform in Kabir Panth. Presented at 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in Adelaide, 5-8 July 2010. [Peer reviewed via a double referee process]. Web.

Gitomer, D. L. (2000). Devotional Poetics and the Indian Sublime. American Academy of Religion. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 68, 428–431 (2000). Library Database.

Hopkins, S. P. (2000). Devotional Poetics and the Indian Sublime. The Journal of Asian Studies 59, 1076–1077 (2000). Library Database.

Kumar, Reenu. (2011). Some Philosophical Elements in the Poems of Kabir and Rabindra Nath Tagore. Language in India, Volume 11 : 7 July 2011. ISSN 1930-2940. Library Database.

Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. (2008). Sant Kabir, Rudyard Kipling, and Vernacular English. [A version of this essay was given as a talk at Smith College, Northampton, MA on October 23, 2008 as part of a lecture series.]. Web.

Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. (2011). Translator’s Note [on Kabir’s poems]. Poetry 197, 466–468 (2011). Library Database.

Morphology and syntax of Old Hindi; edition and analysis of one hundred Kabir Vani poems from Rajasthan. (2013). Reference and Research Book News 28, (2013). Library Database.

Murthy, Y.V.S.S.N. (2007). Religious conditions of Kabir’s period. The Indian Review of World Literature in English, Vol. 3, No. I – Jan, 2007. Library Database.

Orsini, F. Review [Love is an unspoken tale: Kabir’s poetry and his times]. Modern Asian Studies 47, 318–328 (2013). Library Database.

Pauwels, H. (2010). Who Are the Enemies of the bhaktas? Testimony about ‘saktas’ and ‘Others’ from Kabir, the Ramanandis, Tulsidas, and Hariram Vyas. Journal of the American Oriental Society 130, 509–539 (2010). Library Database.

Tewari, Laxmi G. (2007). Common Grounds between Bhajan and Qawwali. Conference on Music in the world of Islam. Assilah, 8-13 August, 2007. Web.

The Bards of Kabir. (2014). Tehelka. (18 March 2014). Library Database.

Vyas, Padmaxi N. (2013). Kabir : A candid voice of humanism. International Research Wisdom, International Indexed Refereed Research Journal. ISSN-2250-2629. January, 2013. Web.

Kabir’s Bibliometrics

Decade (# of Pubs)

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2000-2009 (114)

1900-1999 (42)

1980-1989 (29)

1970-1979 (17)

1960-1969 (5)

1950-1959 (15)

1940-1949 (3)

1930-1939 (1)

1920-1929 (8)

1910-1919 (7)

Data based on a

WorldCat Search,

8 April 2014

kw= kabir 1440.

Languages

Hindi (78)

English (65)

French (20)

German (9)

Spanish (9)

Persian (8)

Dutch (3)

Polish (3)

Slovenian (3)

Russian (2)

Catalan (1)

Gujarati (1)

Italian (1)

And some miscellaneous languages