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Synopsis The Sacred Songs of India Volume Six, like its five predecessor volumes, encompasses selections from the lifework of ten mystic poet-saints of India. The mystic poet-sages included in this volume lived between 13 century B.C. and 19 century A.D. and came from diverse regions of India. They are : Veda Vyasa, the epic poet of India who authored the epics Mahabharata and Bhagavata, Appar (also known as Tirunavukkarasar, one of the quartet of great Saivite saints, Tirumangai Azhawar, of the more important Vaishnavite saints, Sankaracharya, the great philosopher saint who propounded Advaita or non-dualism, Allama Prabhu, the undisputed leader of the Veerasaivite movement, Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru, Ras Khan, the Muslim mystic who reveled in the exploits of Lord Krishna, Shaji Maharaja, the short-lived ruler of Thanjavur who composed melodious devotional songs in mellifluous Sanskrit, Oottukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer, the celibate devotee of Lord Krishna and Iriyamman Tampi, a member of the royal family of Travancore, one of the whose songs is sung in almost every household in Kerala. They sang in different languages: Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Punjabi, Hindi and Malayalam. But all of them sang of the glory of God, out of their intense personal spiritual experience. Sacred Songs of India Volume Six, like its predecessor volumes, will be a limitless repertoire for all artists in music, drama and ballet.