TRANSMISSION MAP
A long-term vision of Marathi literary inheritance in translation
These projects form a long-term map of literary transmission: women saint-poets, Dalit and Shudra Bhakti voices, oral and devotional traditions, anti-caste thought, historical prose, native literatures, and major works of Marathi intellectual life.
Some are completed, some are underway, and others remain future commitments. Together, they trace the work of carrying Marathi literary worlds across languages, histories, and readers.
Completed & Ongoing Foundations
One Hundred Poems of Chokha Mela
One Hundred Poems of Tukaram
The Autobiography of Sant Bahinabai
The Cunningness of the Brahmins — Mahatma Jotiba Phule
The Problem of Untouchability in India — Maharshi V. R. Shinde
Books and major projects that form the foundation of my work in Marathi Bhakti, anti-caste thought, and literary translation.
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Women Saint-Poets
One Hundred Poems of Janabai
Memoir of Nagari
Poems of Kanhopatra
The Autobiography of Sant Bahinabai
Reader of Marathi Women Saint-Poets
Classical Poems by Marathi Women
Projects centered on women’s voices in Marathi literary and devotional traditions, including saint-poets, autobiographical writing, and classical poetry.
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Dalit, Shudra & Marginalized Bhakti Voices
One Hundred Poem of Chokha Mela
Cluster Collection: Soyarabai, Karmamela, Nirmala, Banka, Bhagu
Reader of Marathi Dalit Saint-Poets
Cluster Collection: Savta Mali, Gora Kumbhar, Sena Nhavi et al.
One Hundred Poems of Tukaram
Selected Poems of Marathi Muslim Bhakti Poets
Translations that attend to caste, labour, devotional utterance, and the presence of marginalized voices within Marathi Bhakti traditions.
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Early Marathi Bhakti Networks
Selected Poems of Dnyandev and Siblings (including Changdev)
One Hundred Poems of Namdev (including Visoba and Parisa)
Reader of 13th-Century Marathi Bhakti Poetry
One Hundred Poems of Ekanath (including Bhanudas and Janardan)
Reader of Marathi Bhakti Poetry, 1290–1700 CE
Dnyaneshwari, Amrutanubhav, & Changdev Pasashti
Projects tracing the formation, movement, and interconnections of early Marathi Bhakti across poets, families, disciples, performers, and devotional communities.
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Anti-Caste & Social Thought, Indigenous Literatures
Jotiba Phule — Trutiya Ratna, Brahmananche Kasab, and selected performative writings
VR Shinde — The Problem of Untouchability in India
Anna Bhau Sathe’s Fiction
Namdeo Dhasal's Poetry
Marathi Tribal Poetry
Agari Dhavalā
Translations of major anti-caste, social, and literary works that speak to systems of degradation, resistance, labour, dignity, and public thought.
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Historical & Intellectual Traditions
Letters of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
V. K. Rajwade — Dnyaneshwarintil Marathi Bhasheche Vyakaran
Projects engaging Marathi historical, archival, and intellectual traditions through documents, prefaces, letters, and critical prose.
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Reference & Knowledge Infrastructure
Marathi–English Dictionary of Bhakti Literature, 1290–1700 CE
A multi-volume lexical and philological project documenting every word used in Marathi Bhakti literature, with glosses, source-text references, contextual usages, devotional meanings, caste-community registers, and historical semantic range.
Encyclopedia of the Varkari Tradition
A reference project on the history, literature, practices, saints, pilgrimage traditions, performance forms, institutions, terminology, and cultural worlds of the Varkari tradition.
Long-term reference projects intended to support future translation, scholarship, teaching, and cultural transmission of Marathi Bhakti literature and Varkari traditions across generations.
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O Lord, the Soul of the universe, / Pray, be pleased with this word-yajna / If it pleases You, pray, grant me / These blessings
Dnyandevi 18-1772
This map is not a publication schedule. It is a record of direction: the texts, voices, traditions, and reference structures I hope to carry across through translation, annotation, and literary stewardship.