Fabulous females and peerless Pīrs
Subtitle: tales of mad adventure in old Bengal
By: translated by Tony K. Stewart.
Contributors: Stewart, Tony K., 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Short stories, Bengali -- Translations into English.; Religious pluralism.; Bengal (India) -- Social life and customs.; Bangladesh -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: This book presents translations of eight closely related 18th- and 19th-century Bengali folk tales centered on Satya Pīr and the people he helps. While the worship of Satya Pīr is the ostensible motivation for the tales, they really demonstrate his miraculous powers, which authenticate him as a legitimate object of worship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and index.

Translated from Bengali.