Antal and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India

Contents: I. Introduction : Woman, Poet, and Mystic II. Tiruppavai : The path to Krsna. Notes to Tiruppavai. III. Nacciyar Tirumoli : The Anguish of Separation: 1. Unite Me with My Lord, O Kamadeva. 2. Do Not Break Our Sandcastles. 3. Give Back Our Clothes. 4. Join Up, O Kutal. 5. Koelbird, Call Him to Me. 6. I Dreamt This Dream, My Friend. 7. White Conch from the Fathomless Sea. 8. O Dark Rain Clouds. 9. In the Grove of My Lord. 10. Thirsting for the Lord. 11. He Has Taken All. 12. Take me to the Land of My Lord. 13. The Agony of Desire. 14. We Saw Him There in Vrindavan.

This book is a translation and Study of the Poems of a ninth century woman, Saint and mystic. The Introduction is designed to make the translations accessible to a non-specialist audience, while the notes provide insights into the poems and useful, explications of allusions and Convention with which readers who do not possess a specialised Knowledge of Tamil Vaisnava Bhakti may be unfamiliar.