Karine Schomer and W. H. McLeod edited this Motilal Banarsidass volume, a collection of scholarly studies on the Sant devotional tradition of North India, the loosely connected poet-saints, including figures such as Kabir, whose teaching emphasized a formless divine beyond caste and sectarian boundary. Its strength is that it gathers contributions from multiple specialists rather than presenting a single scholar's view, giving a genuinely multi-perspective scholarly treatment of a tradition that itself resists easy institutional definition. Its limit is that as an edited collection its individual essays vary in scope and focus, so a claim resting on one specific essay's argument should be attributed to that essay's author rather than the volume as a whole.
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Published by Motilal Banarsidass as an edited scholarly volume on the Sant devotional tradition, its essays assembled and reviewed by named academic editors Karine Schomer and W. H. McLeod, university-level scholarship. NotesEdited scholarly volume on the Sant devotional tradition of North India.
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AuthorKarine Schomer and W. H. McLeod (eds.)
PublisherMotilal Banarsidass
Publication Year1987
Source TypeScholarly work
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This source names India directly: "the Sant devotional tradition of North India, the loosely connected poet-saints, including figures such as Kabir, whose teaching emphasized a formless divine beyond caste and sectarian boundary."
Kabir, Figures This source names Kabir directly: "poet-saints, including figures such as Kabir, whose teaching emphasized a formless divine beyond caste and sectarian boundary."
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This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Religious Roles & Titles, 14 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Languages, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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