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29 novembre 2016
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- isbn: 9781783741021
- eisbn: 9782821876163
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John Stratton Hawley, « 7. Did Surdas Perform the Bhāgavata-purāṇa? », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.jkrt0j
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An old and very rusty saw in the scholarly literature on Surdas is the notion that Sur translated the Bhāgavata-purāṇa from Sanskrit into Hindi. It is easy to take potshots at this idea, and I have done so quite a bit myself. Instead of adding to that fusillade here, however, I suggest that we frame the issue somewhat differently and see if that might open the door to a more interesting answer. Is it possible that Sur was not translating the Bhāgavata, but performing it? What does it mean ...