02882nam 2200673Ia 450 991045062450332120200520144314.01-280-47205-70-19-535190-81-4237-6033-6(CKB)1000000000404663(EBL)272898(OCoLC)476013196(SSID)ssj0000145711(PQKBManifestationID)11142441(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145711(PQKBWorkID)10182056(PQKB)10679921(MiAaPQ)EBC272898(Au-PeEL)EBL272898(CaPaEBR)ebr10278691(CaONFJC)MIL47205(OCoLC)466428500(EXLCZ)99100000000040466319981105d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe embodiment of bhakti[electronic resource] /Karen Pechilis PrentissNew York Oxford University Pressc19991 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512813-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.Contents; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Part I: Images of Bhakti; ONE: Bhakti as Devotion; TWO: Bhakti as a Movement; Part II: Bodies of Poetry; THREE: Pilgrimage and Praise; FOUR: Defining a Community; Part III: Contours in Song, Sculpture, and Story; FIVE: Regional Voices through Song; SIX: Images of Tamil Bhaktas; Part IV: A Corpus of Hymns; SEVEN: Defining the Center of the Temple; EIGHT: The Tamil Śaiva Siddhānta; Concluding Remarks; Appendix A: Umāpati Civācāryār's Tevāra Arulmuraittirattu; Appendix B: Umāpati Civācāryār's Tiruvarutpayan; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; DEF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; VThis work aims to offer an interpretive history of bhakti, an influential religious perspective in Hinduism. The author argues that although Bhakti is mentioned in every contemporary sourcebook on Indian religions, it still lacks an agreed-upon definition.Bhakti in literatureBhaktiHistoryHindu literatureHistory and criticismReligious poetry, TamilTranslations into EnglishBhaktiElectronic books.Bhakti in literature.BhaktiHistory.Hindu literatureHistory and criticism.Religious poetry, TamilBhakti.294.5/4Pechilis Karen946374MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450624503321The embodiment of bhakti2254378UNINA