Belvedere Printing Works (source doc)

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When Osho speaks on some tradition or religious figure, there is usually a particular item or two of literature which supply the "sutras" or other material he will be commenting on. Much of Osho's source material is known but there has been a big gap in the wiki concerning the sources for the Indian poet-mystics of the "Middle and Early Modern periods" he speaks on in the late 70s in Pune One. Here, "Middle and Early Modern periods" refers to the time of Kabir or later, with most of them clearly having been influenced by him if not strictly in his lineage.

In Jun 2022 a wiki correspondent, Komori Kentarou, stepped forward with a lot of information to address that gap. It turns out that many of these unknown sources come from one publisher, Belvedere Printing Works, in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad. Belvedere has been doing this since 1901 and prides itself on being the leading publisher in India of books about these guys. And in fact, since little is known about most of them, the books are not so much about them as full of their poetry, or songs.

In the table below, the left-hand column is Belvedere's current (2022) online English catalog. The books are of course in Hindi. The right-hand column has the image of their catalog from the back cover of their book on Bhikha, published in 2013, followed by a transcription of those titles. Though their catalog appears at first glance to have changed a lot, only nine are new books. The rest of the differences are fairly superficial: they are in a different order, some titles have been changed in minor ways and some books have been subdivided into parts and/or listed as parts. The double asterisks (**) indicate which of them Osho devotes a whole series of talks to.

A few of them are relatively familiar names in the West, and have been more widely published: Osho's books on Kabir, Nanak, Meera and Dadu are still to be checked whether their sources are Belvedere books. For the rest of them, Komori has checked Osho's books and verified that these Belvedere books below are the material Osho uses as sources. They will be linked eventually to the relevant Osho books. Additionally, "more" links will lead to a page which gives more information on each of the poet-mystics in this collection. Stay tuned.

1 Guru Nanak Ki Praan Sangli - Part 1 (#27 on right) 2 Guru Nanak Ki Praan Sangli - Part 2 (#27 on right) 3 Sant Mahatma Ka Jeevan Charit Sangrah (#1 on right) 4 Kabeer Sahab Ka Anurag Saagar (#2 on right) 5 Kabeer Sahab Ka Beejak (#3 on right) 6 Kabeer Saakhee Sangrah - Part 1 & 2 (#4 on right) 7 Kabeer Sahab Ki Shabdaavali - Part 1 (#5 on right) 8 Kabeer Sahab Ki Shabdaavali - Part 2 (#5 on right) 9 Kabeer Sahab Ki Shabdaavali - Part 3 ** (#5 on right) 10 Kabeer Sahab Ki Shabdaavali - Part 4 ** (#5 on right) 11 Kabeer Sahab Ki Gyaan Gudri (Rekhte Aur Jhoolne) ** (#6 on right) 12 Kabeer Sahab Ki Akhravati (#7 on right) 13 Dhani Dharmdas Ji Ki Shabdaavali ** (#8 on right) 14 Tulsi Sahab Haathras Waale Ki Shabdaavali - Part 1 (#9 on right) 15 Tulsi Sahab Haathras Waale Ki Shabdaavali - Part 2 (#10 on right) 16 Tulsi Sahab Ka Ratan Saagar (#11 on right) 17 Ghat Ramayan: Tulsi Sahib Haathras Waal (new !!) 18 Daadu Dayal Ki Baani - Part 1 (Saakhi) (#12 on right) 19 Daadu Dayal Ki Baani - Part 2 (#13 on right) 20 Sundar Bilaas ** (#14 on right) 21 Paltu Sahib Ki Baani - Part 1 ** (#15 on right) 22 Paltu Sahib Ki Baani - Part 2 ** (#15 on right) 23 Paltu Sahib Ki Baani - Part 3 ** (#15 on right) 24 Jagjeevan Sahib Ki Baani - Part 1 ** (#28 on right) 25 Jagjeevan Sahib Ki Baani - Part 2 ** (#28 on right) 26 Doolan Sahib Ki Baani ** (#16 on right) 27 Charan Das Ki Baani - Part 1 ** (#29 on right) 28 Charan Das Ki Baani - Part 2 ** (#29 on right) 29 Gareebdas Ki Baani (#17 on right) 30 Raiyedas Ji Ki Baani ** (Raidas), #18 on right) 31 Dariya Sagar (Dariya Sahib Bihar) ** (#19 on right) 32 Dariya Sahib Ke Chunay Gaye Pad Saakhi ** (#20 on right) 33 Dariya Sahib Maarwar Waale Ki Baani ** (#21 on right) 34 Bheekha Sahib Ki Baani ** (#30 on right) 35 Gulaal Sahab Ki Baani (new !!) 36 Baba Malook Das Ji Ki Baani ** (#22 on right) 37 Gosaain Tulsi Ki Baarah Maasah (new !!) 38 Yaari Sahib Ki Ratnavali (new !!) 39 Bulla Sahib Ka Shabdsaar (#23 on right) 40 Keshav Das Ji Ki Amighoont (new !!) 41 Dharnidas Ki Baani (new !!) 42 Meerabai Ki Shabdavali (#24 on right) 43 Sahjo Bai Ki Baani ** (#25 on right) 44 Dayabai Ki Baani ** (#26 on right) 45 Santbaani Sangrah (Saakhi) - Part 1 (new !!) 46 Santbaani Sangrah (Shabd) - Part 2 (new !!) 47 Adhyatma Gyan Sanjeevani (new !!)

1. संत महात्मा का जीवन चरित संग्रह (#3 on left) 2. कबीर साहब का अनुराग सागर (#4 on left) 3. कबीर साहब का बीजक (#5 on left) 4. कबीर साखी संग्रह भाग-1 व 2 (#6 on left) 5. कबीर साहेब की शब्दावली (#7-10 on left) 6. कबीर साहिब की ज्ञान गुदड़ी रेखते और झूलने (#11 on left) 7. कबीर साहिब की अखरावती (#12 on left) 8. धनी धर्मदास जी की शब्दावली ** (#13 on left) 9. तुलसी साहिब हाथरस वाले की शब्दावली भाग-1 (#14 on left) 10. तुलसी साहिब हाथरस वाले की शब्दावली भाग-2 (#15 on left) 11. तुलसी साहिब का रत्न सागर (#16 on left) 12. दादू दयाल की बानी भाग-1 (साखी) (#18 on left) 13. दादू दयाल की बानी भाग-2 (#19 on left) 14. सुन्दर विलास ** (#20 on left) 15. पलटू साहिब की बानी ** (#21-23 on left) 16. दूलन साहिब की बानी ** (#26 on left) 17. गरीब दास जी की बानी (#29 on left) 18. रैदास जी की बानी ** (#30 on left) 19. दरिया सागर (दरिया साहब बिहार) ** (#31 on left) 20. दरिया साहब के चुने गये पद और साखी ** (#32 on left) 21. दरिया साहेब मारवाड़ वाले की बानी ** (#33 on left) 22. बाबा मलूक दास जी की बानी ** (#36 on left) 23. बुल्ला साहेब का शब्दसार (#39 on left) 24. मीराबाई की शब्दावली (#42 on left) 25. सहजो बाई की बानी ** (#43 on left) 26. दयाबाई की बानी ** (#44 on left) 27. श्री गुरु नानक साहब की प्राण-संगली सटिप्पण भाग-1 व 2 (#1&2 on left) 28. जगजीवन साहब की बानी भाग-1 व 2 ** (#24&25 on left) 29. चरनदास जी की बानी भाग-1 व 2 ** (#27&28 on left) 30. भीखा साहब की बानी (#34 on left)