New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) A revised edition of ‘Kabir Granthawali’, widely considered to be one of the most authentic and complete works on Kabir studies, will hit the stands on June 4 — on the occasion of 626th Kabir Jayanti.
The new edition of the book, first edited in 1928 by Shyamsundar Das on the basis of centuries-old handwritten copies of Kabir’s works, is published by Rajkamal Prakashan and edited by critic and Bhakti poetry expert Purushottam Agrawal.
Talking about the latest edition, Agrawal said while the text essentially remains the same, a lot of errors that were missed due to reading mistakes have been corrected.
“As soon as I started a systematic study of Kabir, I also had to grapple with the problems of the text of the Granthawali. I wondered why no scholar paid attention to the revision or correction of this text.
“Eventually, I got into this work myself. It is not possible for all readers to compare and match various Kabir collections to the manuscripts in order to access as authentic, understandable text as possible. Keeping them in mind, this compilation has been prepared,” the writer-critic said.
According to the publishers, with the publication of the revised edition, authentic works of Kabir will be available to readers after nearly a century.
“We are feeling very happy to present most authentic text of Kabir’s work in the form of ‘Kabir Granthawali’ to the Hindi literary world. Prof. Purushottam Agrawal has made this Granthawali completely authentic by removing the errors left in the book which was edited by Shyamsundar Das, which the literary world has been using for almost a century. The authentic text will be available after nearly a century,” Maheshwari said.
The book launch is expected to be attended by Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi and classical singer Shubha Mudgal. PTI MAH MG MG
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