The Bhagavata Purana : sacred text and living tradition / edited by Ravi M. Gupta and Kenneth R. Valpey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gupta, Ravi M. (Ravi Mohan), 1982-

Valpey, Kenneth Russell, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindi literature--History and criticism.

Hindi literature.

Puranas. Bhagavatapurna--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Puranas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.

Summary:

A vibrant example of living literature, The Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text containing more than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. Finding its present form around the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora. Introducing The Bhagavata Purana's key themes while also examining its extensive influence on Hindu thought and practice, this collection conducts the first multidimensional reading of the text's en

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction | Churning the Oceaon of Lila: Themes for Bhagavata Study; PART ONE The World of the Bhagavata; 1. Reading | Puranic Trekking Along the Path of the Bhagavatas; 2. Time and Narrative | A Mandala of Rememberance: The Bhagavata Purana's Time Transcending Narrative of Lila; 3. COSMOLOGY | Dialogues on Natural Theology: The Bhagavata Purana's Cosmology as Religious Practice; 4. ETHICS | ""May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step"" : The Bhagavata's Response to the Problem of Evil; 5. COMMENTARY | Vallabha, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Path of Grace

6. SACRED GEOMETRY | Vraja-Dhaman: Krishna Embodied in Geographic Place and Transcendent-Space7. THEOLOGY | The Rasa Lila of Krishna and the Gopis: On the Bhagavata's Vision of Boundless Love; PART TWO The Bhagavata in the World; 8. BOUNDARIES | Heresy and Heretics in the Bhagavata Purana; 9. DANCE | Krishna Come Soon: Bharata Natyam and the Bhagavata Purana on Stage; 10. SONG | Two Braj Bhasa Versions of the Rasa-Lila Pancadhyayt and Their Musical Performance in Vaisnava Worship; 11. RECITATION | ""Live with the Text and Listen to Its Words"" : Bhagavata Recitation in Changing Times

12. TEXT HISTORY | Modern Reception and Text Migration of the Bhagavata PuranaBibliography; Author Profiles; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231531474

0231531478

OCLC:

843191461