This book contains the reports given at the Eighth BhaktiConference organized in
Leuven in August 2000. Forty scholars cameto Leuven, hailing from fourteen
different countries -- from Japanto the west coast of the United States -- each
one bringing his orher expertise and experience. Nearly all the reports are
publishedhere. In addition, another twenty scholars sent a report or theirlist
of publications. The result is a fascinating overview of thevery wide field that
Bhakti studies have become, with a list of1162 books and articles, and reports
about Bengali, Braj, Gujarati,Marathi, Punjabi and Rajasthani literature,
lexicography,musicology, Santa literature, Sikhism, Gorakhanath, Kabir,
KrishnaBhakti, Lalan Fakir, Mirabai, Ramananda, Surdas, Tulsidas, and