The building of Vṛndāvana : architecture, theology, and practice in an early modern pilgrimage town / edited by Kiyokazu Okita, Rembert Lutjeharms.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Okita, Kiyokazu, 1980- editor.

Lutjeharms, Rembert, 1981- editor.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; v. 57.

Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India--Vrindāvan.

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Architecture and society--India--Vrindāvan.

Architecture and society.

Hindu architecture--India--Vrindāvan.

Hindu architecture.

Vrindāvan (India)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Vrindāvan (India).

Vrindāvan (India)--History.

Buildings.

India--Vrindāvan.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xi, 278 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"The small town of Vrndavana is today one of the most vibrant places of pilgrimage in northern India. Throngs of pilgrims travel there each year to honour the sacred land of Krsnas youth and to visit many of its temples. The Building of Vrndavana explores the complex history of this town's early modern origins. Bringing together scholars from various disciplines to examine history, architecture, art, ritual, theology, and literature in this pivotal period, the book examines how these various disciplines were used to create, develop, and map Vrndavana as the most prominent place of pilgrimage for devotees of Krsna. Contributors are: Guy L. Beck, Mans Broo, David Buchta, John Stratton Hawley, Barbara A. Holdrege, Rembert Lutjeharms, Cynthia D. Packert, and Heidi Pauwels"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Sixteenth-Century Testimony on V[ndαvana's First-Generation Pioneers / Heidi Pauwels

The Hari-bhakti-vilαsa as a Specimen of Early Gau+ya VaicGavism in V[ndαvana / M̄ns Broo

The Gau+ya Reimagining of Vraja as a Bimodal Domain : Pilgrimage Place and Transcendent Space / Barbara A. Holdrege

Building V[ndαvana as a Locus of Rasa : The Stotras of Rkpa Gosvαm+ / David Buchta

Building the Spiritual V[ndαvana : Music and the Rαsa Dance at the Centre of K[cGa Devotion / Guy L. Beck

A Temple of Stone and a Temple of Love : Govindadeva in the Religious Imagination of Early Gau+ya VaicGavas / Rembert Lutjeharms

Kings of the Mountains : Govardhana-l+lα and Kachavαhα Patronage at the Govindadeva Temple in V[ndαvana / Cynthia Packert

The Ideal Real V[ndαvana of JayasiCha's Dining Room / John Stratton Hawley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Building of Vṛndāvana

ISBN:

9789004680470

9004680470

OCLC:

1405846122