The embodiment of bhakti / Karen Pechilis Prentiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pechilis, Karen, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bhakti--History.

Bhakti.

Hindu literature--History and criticism.

Hindu literature.

Bakhti in literature.

Religious poetry, Tamil--Translations into English.

Religious poetry, Tamil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773897-4

1-280-47205-7

0-19-535190-8

1-4237-6033-6

OCLC:

476013196