Contents

Preface: The Shape of the Book

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations

Introduction: The Argument of the Book

PART ONE

CHAPTER ONE

The Yadava Century

CHAPTER TWO

Traces of a Medieval Public

CHAPTER THREE

The Biography of Literary Vernacularization

PART TWO

CHAPTER FOUR

The Vernacular Moment

CHAPTER FIVE

The Mahanubhav Ethic

PART THREE

CHAPTER SIX

A Vernacular Manifesto

CHAPTER SEVEN

Sonic Equality

Conclusion: The Vernacular Millennium and the Quotidian Revolution

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index