LEADER 03095nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910810695003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-773897-4 010 $a1-280-47205-7 010 $a0-19-535190-8 010 $a1-4237-6033-6 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195128130.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000404663 035 $a(EBL)272898 035 $a(OCoLC)476013196 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000145711 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142441 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145711 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182056 035 $a(PQKB)10679921 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272898 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278691 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47205 035 $a(OCoLC)466428500 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272898 035 $a(OCoLC)1406788383 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197738979 035 $a(OCoLC)40298352 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB166887 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000404663 100 $a19981105d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe embodiment of bhakti /$fKaren Pechilis Prentiss 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (278 pages) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2000. 311 0 $a0-19-512813-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 S?aiva Siddha?nta; Concluding Remarks; Appendix A: Uma?pati Civa?ca?rya?r's Teva?ra Arulmuraittirattu; Appendix B: Uma?pati Civa?ca?rya?r's Tiruvarutpayan; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis work aims to offer an interpretive history of bhakti, an influential religious perspective in Hinduism. The author argues that although Bhakti is mentioned in every contemporary sourcebook on Indian religions, it still lacks an agreed-upon definition. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aBhakti in literature 606 $aBhakti$xHistory 606 $aHindu literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aReligious poetry, Tamil$vTranslations into English 606 $aBhakti 615 0$aBhakti in literature. 615 0$aBhakti$xHistory. 615 0$aHindu literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aReligious poetry, Tamil 615 0$aBhakti. 676 $a294.5/4 700 $aPechilis$b Karen$0946374 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810695003321 996 $aThe embodiment of bhakti$94098871 997 $aUNINA