Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Notes on Transliteration and Translation xv
5. Introduction: Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in the Historiography of Bhakti 1
6. Part I: From Medieval Tantra to Early Modern Bhakti
7. 1. The Tantric Age: Tantra and Bhakti in Medieval India 29
8. 2. Sultans, Saints, and Songs: Persianate Culture, Sufism, and Bhakti in Sultanate India 64
9. 3. Akbar’s New World: Mughals and Rajputs in the Rise of Vaiṣṇava Bhakti 99
10. Part II: Yogīs, Poets, and a New Bhakti Sensibility in Mughal India
11. 4. Between Bhakti and Śakti: Religious Sensibilities Among the Rāmānandīs of Galta 129
12. 5. Nāth Yogīs and Rāmānandī Bhaktas: Styles of Yoga and Asceticism in North India 169
13. 6. Agradās and the Circulation of Mughal Bhakti: Formations of Bhakti Community 195
14. Part III: The Devotee Versus the Tāntrika
15. 7. Yogīs and Tantra-Mantra in the Poetry of the Bhakti Saints 239
16. 8. The Triumphs of Devotion: The Sufi Inflection of Early Modern Bhakti 276
17. Conclusion: Bhakti Religion and Tantric Magic 305
18. Appendix: Manuscripts Containing Compositions by Agradās 313
19. Notes 317
20. Bibliography 389
21. Index 413