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From hagiographies to biographies : Rāmānuja in tradition and history
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dutta, Ranjeeta, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- âSråi Vaishònava (Sect)--Doctrines.
- âSråi Vaishònava (Sect).
- Rāmānuja, 1017-1137.
- Rāmānuja.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- From hagiographies to biographies
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the history and role of hagiographies and their impact on the growth and evolution of a biographical tradition. Focusing on Ramanuja, one of the foremost reformers and Vaisnava saints, it presents the hagiographical accounts of his life within the historical context of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries when the processes of canonization took place.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780199082926 (ebook) :
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