Devoted to the Goddess: The Life & Work of Ramprasad (SUNY Series in Hindu: The Life and Work of Ramprasad (SUNY series in Hindu Studies) - Tapa blanda

"The author presents a brief, original interpretation of one of the most important, but least studied (in English) devotees of the Goddess. The book includes copious new translations (the best and most extensive in English, so far as I know). It is well informed, based on impressive familiarity with primary and secondary sources in Bengali and with postmodern discourse, but it wears its scholarship lightly. It consistently brings that scholarship to bear on the interpretive problem at hand, without unnecessary jargon or tangents." -- Thomas B. Coburn, St. Lawrence University

"I like the way the author has traced three strands in Ramprasad's concept of the Goddess: puranic/sanskritic; Bengali folk; and tantric, and argued that this melding of traditions was significant in the history of Kali worship in Bengal. The book is clearly and concisely written and treats an important figure in Hindu religious thought on the basis of Bengali materials that have not been translated or exploited by scholars." -- David Kinsley, McMaster University, Ontario