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37. Government of India, The Collected Works... Vols. 32...
op. cit., 1958-84, p. 8. 38. Vanik is same as vania. See: Chapter 2, footnote 14. 39. The mood in this verse is similar to that of Muslim sufi
tradition. For a basic understanding of the influence of this tradition on Hinduism, see: Sen, Hinduism... op. cit.,
1961; Embree, The Hindu Tradition...op. cit., 1966. 40. Government of India, The Collected Works... Vols. 32...
op. cit., 1958-84, pp. 8-9. 41. Goverdhandas, Mahatma Gandhi and Kavi Raj
chandraji...op. cit., 1989, pp. 5-6. 42. See: Chapter 2, footnote 26. 43. Goverdhandas, Mahatma Gandhi and Kavi Raj
chandraji...op. cit., 1989, p. 3. Also see: Chapter 2,
footnote 26. 44. Nirgrantha is without worldly knots. 45. Mumukshu is the seeker seeking kevalya, nirvana, or
moksha. Also see: Preface, footnote 4. 46. Goverdhandas, Mahatma Gandhi and Kavi Raj
chandraji...op. cit., 1989, p. 6. 47. Ibid, pp. 6-7. 48. Shatavadhani - one who could remember or attend to a
hundred things at the same time. See: Chapter 1. 49. Government of India, The Collected Works... Vols. 32...
op. cit., 1958-84, pp. 8-9; Goverdhandas, Mahatma
Gandhi and Kavi Rajchandraji...op. cit., 1989, pp. 5-6. 50. Goverdhandas, Mahatma Gandhi and Kavi Raj
chandraji...op. cit., 1989, p. 3; Government of India, The
Collected Works... Vols. 28... op. cit., 1958-84, p. 403. 51. Gandhi, An Autobiography...... op. cit., 1927, p. 75. 52. See: Preface, footnote 4. 53. Jivanmukta is a fully self-realized and liberated person in
this very life. 54. Modern Review, June 1930. 55. Government of India, The Collected Works... Vol. 43... op.
cit., 1958-84, pp. 98-99. 56. In a letter to G. D. Birla dated March 30, 1925. See:
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