God At Play

About the author

Anne Feldhaus is Distinguished Foundation Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita, at Arizona State University.

Summary

Mhaimbhat’s God at Play, or Li?acaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami, considered by the Mahanubhavs to be an incarnation of the supreme god. The first volume of this new English translation, accompanied by the Marathi text, describes Chakradhar’s early life, wanderings, and the gathering of disciples.

Product details

• Authors: Mhaimbhat
• Assisted by: Feldhaus Anne (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9780674292413
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29241-3
• No. of pages: 784
• Series: Murty Classical Library of India
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Classical texts, Biography: religious & spiritual, Hinduism, Biography: religious and spiritual, Ancient, classical and medieval texts