Devotional Literature in South Asia

Devotional Literature in South Asia

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9780521413114
Untertitel:
Current Research, 1985 1988
Autor:
R. S. Mcgregor
Herausgeber:
Cambridge University Press
Anzahl Seiten:
340
Erscheinungsdatum:
09.06.2003
ISBN:
0521413117

This volume addresses recent research topics within the field of Bhakti literature.

Klappentext
This volume addresses recent research topics within the field of bhakti literature, the devotional poetry and other compositions of devotional character in the earlier literature of the modern South Asian languages. Its papers range from the roots of the bhakti tradition in the early history of krsna to its modern adaptations in nineteenth and twentieth-century culture. Geographically, they span Bengal to Sind, Panjab to Maharashtra. Materials in six modern languages are discussed: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi in its main literary forms, Marathi, Panjabi and Sindhi; with assessment also of material in Sanskrit, Arabic and Chinese.

Zusammenfassung
This volume addresses research topics within the field of Bhakti literature, the devotional poetry and other compositions of devotional character in the earlier literature of the modern South Asian languages. Its papers range from the roots of the Bhakti tradition in the early history of Krsna to its modern adaptations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century culture.

Inhalt
List of conference members; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. Sacred Places and Sites: 1. Govardhan, the Eater hill Charlotte Vaudeville; 2. The Manbhaus' seat on Ramtek Hill Hans Bakker; Part II. Formulation and Transmission of Religious Attitudes: 3. Singers' repertoires in western India Winand M. Callewaert; 4. An oral theology: D d panth homilies Monika Thiel-Horstmann; 5. Some aspects of the development of bhakti traditions, with especial reference to the Hindi poems attributed to R m nand Enzo Turbiani; 6. The Hindu model of social organisation and the bhakti movement: the example of Vallabha's samprad ya Maya Burger; Part III. Interaction Between Islamic and Indian Religious Attitudes: 7. S f influence in the Ekan th -bh gavat: some observations on the text and its historical context H. van Skyhawk; 8. How a Muslim looks at Hindu bhakti Peter Gaeffke; 9. Muslim devotional literature in Gujarati: Islam and bhakti Françoise Mallison; 10. The Ismaili gin ns as devotional literature Ali S. Asani; Part IV. Literary and Religious Traditions in Maharashtra: 11. A grammar of bhakti: Pañcav rtika V. D. Kulkarni; 12. Authorship and redactorship of the Jñ ndev G th Catharina Kiehnle; 13. M t pitrbhakti: some aspects of the development of the Pundal ka legend in Marathi literature Erik Reenberg Sand; 14. Tuk r m: the making of a saint S. G. Tulpule; 15. Sadguru and the Holy Spirit Christopher Shelke SJ; 16. Special features of the V rkar cult as regards s dhan G. Morje; Part V. Some Particular Expressions of the S f Presence in North India: 17. The text of Alakh B n S. C. R. Weightman; 18. Kutuban's Mirag vat : its content and interpretation S. M. Pandey; 19. Krsnaite and N th elements in the poetry of the eighteenth-century Panjabi S f Bullhe h Denis Matringe; Part VI. Some Topics in the Krsna Poetry of North India: 20. Three-three-two versus four-by-four: metrical frames for the padas of S rd s K. E. Bryant; 21. Creative enumeration in the vinaya poetry of S rd s John Stratton Hawley; 22. The padas attributed to Nandd s R. S. McGregor; 23. Synoptic and sectarian bhakti in the poetry of Dhruvd s Rupert Snell; Part VII. Discussion of the R ma Tradition in North and North-East India: 24. Taranisena: a parochialised devotional motif W. L. Smith; 25. Tuls d s and Confucius Jin Dinghan; Part VIII. Modernisation in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: 26. Hari candra of Banaras and the reassessment of Vaisnava bhakti in the late nineteenth century Vasudha Dalmia-Lüderitz; 27. A reinterpretation of bhakti theology: from the Pustim rg to the Brahma Kumaris R. K. Barz; Index.


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