2. The Ground That Grows Songs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword: Todi in the Forest of Song ix
4. Finding Form xvii
5. 1. Tending Lives through Songs 1
6. 2. The Ground That Grows Songs 34
7. 3. Attaining: The Mountain Daughter’s Many Forms 69
8. 4. Playing: Krishna’s Mothers, Sister, and Lovers 105
9. 5. Going: Saili as Plant and Goddess 147
10. 6. Bathing: The Transformative Flows of Sound 185
11. Reaching the Head 217
12. A Note on Transliteration 227
13. Acknowledgments 229
14. Notes 233
15. Bibliography 243
16. Index 249