A Vaiṣṇava poet in early modern Bengal : Kavikarṇapūra's splendour of speech / Rembert Lutjeharms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lutjeharms, Rembert, 1981- author.

Series:

Oxford theology and religion monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karṇapūra, 1524?- Alaṅkarākaustubha.

Karṇapūra.

Alaṅkarākaustubha (Karṇapūra).

Hinduism--Philosophy.

Hinduism.

Poetics.

Religious poetry, Indic--History and criticism.

Religious poetry, Indic.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

360 pages: illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"This book examines the practice of poetry in the devotional Vaiṣṇava tradition inspired by Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya (1486-1533), through a detailed study of the Sanskrit poetic works of Kavikarṇapūra, one of the most significant sixteenth-century Caitanya Vaiṣṇava poets and theologians. It places his ideas in the context both of Sanskrit literary theory (by exploring his use of earlier works of Sanskrit criticism) and of Vaiṣṇava theology (by tracing the origins of his theological ideas to earlier Vaiṣṇava teachers, especially his guru Śrīnātha). Both Kavikarṇapūra's poetics as well as the style of his poetry is in many ways at odds with those of his time, particularly with respect to the place of phonetic ornamentation and rasa. Like later early modern theorists, Kavikarṇapūra reaches back to the earliest Sanskrit poeticians whom he attempts to harmonise with the theories current in his time, to develop a new poetics that values both literary ornamentation and the suggestion of emotion through rasa. This book argues that the reasons of and purposes for Kavikarṇapūra's literary innovations are firmly rooted in his unique Vaiṣṇava theology, and exemplifies this through a careful reading of select passages from the Ānanda-vṛndāvana, his poetic retelling of Kṛṣṇa's play in Vṛndāvana."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; A Vaiṣṇava Poet in Early Modern Bengal: Kavikarṇapūra's Splendour of Speech; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; KAVIKARṆAPŪRA; POETRY; POETICS; THEOLOGY; OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS; 1: On Kavikarṇapūra; EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CAITANYA VAIṢṆAVISM; ŚIVĀNANDA SENA; KAVIKARṆAPŪRA; KAVIKARṆAPŪRA'S WORKS; Caitanya-caritāmrta-mahā-kāvya; Caitanya-candrodaya-nātaka; Gaura-ganoddeśa-dīpikā; Ānanda-vrndāvana-campū; Krsnāhnika-kaumudī; Alamkāra-kaustubha; Āryā-śataka; ŚRĪNĀTHA PANḌITA; Caitanya-mata-mañjusā; KAVIKARṆAPŪRA AND THE VAIṢṆAVA COMMUNITIES

THE RECEPTION OF KAVIKARNAPŪRA'S WORKSCONCLUSION; 2: On Doctrine and Devotion; KNOWLEDGE AND GRACE; THE PARADOX OF GOD'S ATTRIBUTES; GOD'S BLISS; PĀÑCARĀTRA, PURĀṆAS, AND VEDĀNTA; GOD'S NON-WORLDLY WORLDLY PLAY: KṚṢṆA AND CAITANYA; THE DISCIPLINE OF DEVOTION; Renunciation; Gnosis and Liberation; Devotion; CONCLUSION; 3: On Rasa; THE CONCEPT OF RASA BEFORE KAVIKARṆAPŪRA; Bharata's Concept of Rasa; Bhoja and the Rasa of the Literary Characters; Abhinavagupta, Dhanañjaya, and the Rasa of the Reader; KAVIKARṆAPŪRA'S CONCEPT OF RASA; RASA AND DEVOTION; Vopadeva and Hemādri; Śrīnātha

KavikarnapūraOnly Devotional Rasa?; CONCLUSION; 4: On Poetic Language; HIS BODY: SOUND AND SENSE; HIS LIFE AIR: SUGGESTION; HIS VIRTUES: THE EXCELLENCES; HIS ORNAMENTS: FIGURES OF SPEECH; HIS SYMMETRY: STYLE; HIS DEFORMITIES: LITERARY DEFECTS; CONCLUSION; 5: On Defining Poetry; THE DEFINITION OF POETRY; Poetry and Figuration; Poetry, Language, and Rasa; Poetry and Style; Poetry as a Poet's Creation; THE POET; Proud Poets and Envious Critics; Imagination and Poetic Conventions; The Poet's Rasa and the Poet's Authority; THE AUDIENCE; 6: On the Vrndāvana of Bliss; THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE

THE ĀNANDA-VRNDĀVANAChapter 1 of the Ānanda-vrndāvana; RASA AND PHONETIC ORNAMENTATION; 7: On the Rasa of Love; RASA AND NARRATIVE; PROPRIETY AND KṚṢṆA'S LOVE; Krsṇa's Extra-marital Affairs; THE NARRATIVE OF THE ĀNANDA-VRNDĀVANA; KṚṢṆA'S DISAPPEARANCE; RĀDHĀ'S SUFFERING; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX ONE: Śrīnātha on Bhāgavata 1.2.11; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Editions of Kavikarnapūra's works; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index.

ISBN:

0198827105

9780198827108

OCLC:

1023538567