CONTENTS
Princeton Readings in Religions vii
Contributors xv
Introduction · Richard H. Davis 3
1.Bengali Songs to Kālī · Rachel Fell McDermott 55
3.Poems of Tukārām · Vinay Dharwadker 92
4.The Litany of Names of Mañjuśrī · Ronald M. Davidson 104
5.Sikh Hymns to the Divine Name · Hew McLeod 126
6.Devotional Hymns from the Sanskrit · Guy Leon Beck 133
7.Tamil Game Songs to Śiva · Norman Cutler 145
8.In Praise of Muḥammad: Sindhi and Urdu Poems · Ali Asani 159
9.Bāul Songs · Carol Salomon 187
10. Tamil Songs to God as Child · Paula Richman 209
11.The Power of Mantra: A Story of the Five Protectors · Todd T. Lewis 227
12.Royal Temple Dedications · Michael D. Rabe 235
13.How to Partake in the Love of Kṛṣṇa · Neal Delmonico 244
14.Women’s Songs for Auspicious Occasions · Lindsey Harlan 269
15.The Ocean of Mercury: An Eleventh-Century Alchemical Text · David Gordon White 281
16.Predicting the Future with Dogs · David Gordon White 288
17.How To Worship at Śiva’s Temple · D. Dennis Hudson 304
18.The Order for Khālsā Initiation · Hew McLeod 321
19.The Rite of Veneration of Jina Images · John E. Cort 326
20.The Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā Traditions of Medieval Bengal · Glen A. Hayes 333
21.The Goddess Ṣaṣṭhī Protects Children · Tony K. Stewart 352
22.Women’s Celebration of Muḥammad’s Birth · Marcia Hermansen 367
Remarkable Lives and Edifying Tales
23.The Rescue of Two Drunkards · Tony K. Stewart 375
24.Encountering the Smallpox Goddess: The Auspicious Song of Śītalā · Tony K. Stewart 389
25.The Wonders of Śrī Mastnāth · David Gordon White 399
26.Jain Stories Inspiring Renunciation · Phyllis Granoff 412
27.A Holy Woman of Calcutta · June McDaniel 418
28.Jain Stories of Miraculous Power · Rosalind Lefeber 426
29.Mother Ten’s Stories · Ann Grodzins Gold 434
30.The Life of Guru Nānak · Hew McLeod 449
31.The Autobiography of a Female Renouncer · J. E. Llewellyn 462
32.The Prince with Six Fingers · Kirin Narayan 473
33.How a Girl Became a Sacred Plant · Kirin Narayan 487
34.Lives of Sufi Saints · Carl Ernst 495
35.Conversations of Sufi Saints · Carl Ernst 513
36.Teachings of Two Punjabi Sufi Poets · Mustansir Mir 518
Traditions in Transition and Conflict
37.Ascetic Withdrawal or Social Engagement · Patrick Olivelle 533
38.The Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi’s Subjugation of Śiva · Ronald M. Davidson 547
39.India as a Sacred Islamic Land · Carl Ernst 556
40.The Exemplary Devotion of the “Servant of Hari” · Tony K. Stewart 564
41.Satya Pīr: Muslim Holy Man and Hindu God · Tony K. Stewart 578
42.Jain Questions and Answers: Who Is God and How Is He Worshiped? · John E. Cort 598
43.Esoteric Knowledge and the Tradition of the Preceptors · Douglas Renfrew Brooks 609
44.The Rebuilding of a Hindu Temple · Richard H. Davis 627
45.The Origin of Liṅga Worship · Richard H. Davis 637
Index 649