Kabir, a weaver-born poet, questioned the caste system through song and Bhakti

Evidence

Kabir was a fifteenth-century radical saint-poet who was born a weaver; the thousands of songs/poems attributed to him question the caste system, declare equality in the eyes of god and promote Bhakti. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1171

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hindu nationalism recruits diverse Bhakti movements into one essentialized spirituality — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1148; Kabir, a weaver, questioned caste through songs preaching divine equality.; Eknath’s Bhakti verse held that Ganga bathing purifies outcastes — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1279 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Hindu nationalism recruits diverse Bhakti movements into one essentialized spirituality — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1148; Kabir, a weaver, questioned caste through songs preaching divine equality.; Eknath’s Bhakti verse held that Ganga bathing purifies outcastes — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1279 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Kabir, a weaver, questioned caste through songs preaching divine equality. #corroborates (1.00)
• Eknath’s Bhakti verse held that Ganga bathing purifies outcastes #complicates (0.75) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1279