THE HOLY LIVES OF THE AZHVARS OR THE DRAVIDA SAINTS.

In-16 gr., tela editoriale (lieve alone al piatto anter.), pp. (4),II,LXXVII,226, con 1 tavola più volte ripieg., all'antiporta, showing the Hierarchy or Spiritual Pedigree of Saints and Sages from God Downwards, according to the Visishtadvaita-Dispensation.", testo accompagnato da alcune note in sanscrito. Opera rara, dedicata alla vita dei dodici Azhvars (i poeti santi). Alvar, also spelled Azhvar, any of a group of South Indian mystics who from the 7th to the 10th century wandered from temple to temple singing ecstatic hymns in adoration of the god Vishnu. Their counterpart among the followers of the god Shiva were the Nayanars (così Britannica online).Testo ben conservato. .