Sahaj Prakash: The Brightness of Simplicity

This book is intended to introduce the work of the now relatively unknown Hindi devotional poet Sahajo Bai to readers of Indian literature and those interested in Hinduism through the provision of a contemporary translation of her major work Sahaj Prakash. The original text is also given for comparative purposes. It is hoped that this book will enable the work of this devotional woman poet to be better known and appreciated within India and abroad, and that readers will use the book in many different ways, academic and creative, as seems most appropriate to them. Review(s) "Original work in Devnagri text is given on the left side and its English translation is given on the right side an thus this book is useful for both Hindi English readers. The subject matter of this book is very interesting and it is related to differen About the Author(s) HARRY AVELING Ph.D. (National University of Singapore), also of La Trobe University, served as Visiting Associate Professor of English in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland.