Hindu Mysticism & Old Deccan Days; Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India
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Hindu Mysticism Author S. N. DasguptaAuthor of A History of Indian Philosophy and Yoga as Philosophy and ReligionSurendranath Dasgupta was a scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy.Lecture I. Sacrificial MysticismLecture II. The Mysticism of the UpanishadsLecture III. Yoga MysticismLecture IV. Buddhistic MysticismLecture V. Classical Forms of Devotional MysticismLecture VI. Popular Devotional MysticismOld Deccan Days; Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India *Collected From Oral Tradition byMary Frere*Translated into English by W. HollingsFrere published several poems and a play. Her most popular work was Old Deccan Days; or, Hindoo Fairy Legends, Current in Southern India. Collected From Oral Tradition, printed in 1868. According to Frere's introduction, she began her collection of Indian folklore during long travels with her father. Her only female companion was a local ayah named Anna Liberata de Souza.She was a Christian descendant of the Lingaet caste from the Mahratta country. What started as an idle conversation evolved into a thorough recording and study of Indian culture. German orientologist Max Müller reviewed Frere's collection and wrote that her rendition of Sanskrit originals read like a direct translation of ancient Sanskrit.[1] Frere's father assisted with the editing of the work and wrote an introduction to the first edition of Old Deccan Days. The extensive background and 'Narrator's Narrative' supplied in the work is unusual for the period, placing the tales in the context of the difficult life of the teller. The book was a success, by the time of the third English edition it was printed in German, Hungarian, Danish, Marathi, Hindi and Gujarati languages