About the Book: SurS Ocean: Poems From The Early Tradition
Surdas has been regarded as the epitome of artistry in Old Hindi religious
poetry from the end of the sixteenth century, when he lived, to the present day.
His fame rests upon his remarkable refashioning of the widely known narrative of
the cowherd deity Krishna and his lover Radha into lyrics that are at once
elegant and approachable. Surdass popularity led to the proliferation, through
an energetic oral tradition, of poems ascribed to him, known as the S?rs?gar.
Surs Ocean: Poems from the Early Tradition presents a dramatically new edition
in Devanagari script and a lyrical