The embodiment of bhakti / / Karen Pechilis Prentiss

• Autore: Pechilis Karen
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.5/4
• Soggetto topico: Bhakti in literature; Bhakti - History; Hindu literature - History and criticism; Religious poetry, Tamil; Bhakti
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The embodiment of bhakti
• ISBN: 0-19-773897-4; 1-280-47205-7; 0-19-535190-8; 1-4237-6033-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784850603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II