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Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s3.t16: Kabirgranthavali

Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s3.t16

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Kabirgranthavali

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*Kabīr Granthāvali*, corrected edition of the works of Kabīr (also known as Kabīrdās), poet of the Saguna School of Bhakti Movement in medieval India. The book was published by Nāgarī Pracāriṇi Sabhāin in 1928 and edited by Śyāmasundar Dās, the then director of the Hindi Department of Banaras Hindu University.

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The master copy is two hand-copied books of Nāgarī Pracāriṇi Sabhāin and the contents differ from the works of Kabīr in Sikh canon ‘*Ādi Granth*’ and Kabīr Panth canon ‘*Bījak*’. The book includes more than 1,000 pieces of poems, mainly in three types namely dohā, pada and ramainī, and reflects Kabīr’s philosophical, religious and social perspectives of standing for the belief in one god,

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Kabir

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the supreme existence of having no form and no attribute, and the belief in god with wisdom and devotion on the one hand and opposing canon and religious ritual as well as the authoritativeness of Brahman on the other. The book has been gradually recognised as an authoritative master copy by the academic community by virtue of its accurate collation and comprehensive works included. It has been republished many times, and follow-up academic studies are mostly conducted based on it.

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Liu Anwu published his dissertation *Introduction to Indian Hindi Literature* on *Foreign Literature*, Edition Z1 in 1986, and introduced Kabīr and his works. *India Hindi Literature History* (1987) and *A History of Ancient Indian Literature* (1991) also introduce and select some of his representative works. *Indian Religious Literature in Medieval Times* (2011) gives further introduction of Kabīr and *Kabīr Granthāvali*, and selects about 70 pieces of poems of Kabīr to analyse his religious thoughts and artistic value.

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