CONTENTS
LIGHT — THE ORIGINAL THREE MOVEMENTS
1. The Thief of the Panji 1
2. The House Seen Again 9
3. In a Free State 17
4. Water-Samadhi 26
5. Outside Caste 35
6. The Reckoning of the Bed 42
7. The Second Marriage 49
8. The Metre of a Ghazal 54
9. The Guest Room 60
10. Mist 65
11. The Limits of Justice 71
12. Letters 76
LINEAGE BY LINEAGE
13. The Panji (Final Entry) 82
14. Twins 97
15. Agnates 111
16. The Hidden Branch 122
17. Adoption 135
18. Across Caste 148
19. The Diary 160
20. False Lineage 170
21. Roots in a Foreign Land 181
22. Priesthood 191
23. The Ragini Lineage 203
24. The Maternal Line 216
TALES OF ESSENCE
25. Proof 231
26. Maya 243
27. Rasa 254
28. Destiny 263
29. Shabda-Brahman 274
30. Impermanence 282
31. Self and Non-Self 293
32. Cause and Effect 305
33. Silence 315
34. Dream 323
35. Doubt 335
36. Liberation 344
PIPRA
37. Chhath 360
38. Raga 370
39. The Court 382
40. The Postman 397
41. Away from Home 408
42. Dom 416
43. The Ghost 431
44. Master Sahib 441
45. The Painter 452
46. The Return 467
47. The Boat 484
48. Chhath Again 492
CLOSING TALE
49. Videha 498