In the following essay, both academic and personal in tone, Schelling identifies Sanskrit influences on Mirabai's work, reflects on why Mira's songs are so compelling to modern North American audiences, and finds the reasons partly in the prem bhakti marg of the title, the path of romance and worship.
The following essay, from an extended introduction to a translation of Mirabai's religious poetry, places her poetry in the context of the bhakti (devotional) religious movement and offers examples of her devotional poetry.
In the following chapter from a treatise on Mirabai's life, legend, and poetry, the author categorizes Mirabai's padas (sung poetry) into poems of entreaty and salutation and poems of love. The author provides a close reading of several padas.
In the following essay, Bahadur provides an overview of the descriptive language and themes of Mirabai's padas and suggests that they are strongly rooted in an oral tradition.
