Burchett A Genealogy of Devotion

Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54883-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Patton Burchett offers a path-breaking genealogical study of devotional (bhakti) Hinduism that traces its understudied historical relationships with tantra, yoga, and Sufism. He focuses his analysis on the early modern period, when the rise of bhakti communities in North India transformed the religious landscape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burchett, Patton E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration and Translation
Introduction: Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in the Historiography of Bhakti
Part I: From Medieval Tantra to Early Modern Bhakti
1. The Tantric Age: Tantra and Bhakti in Medieval India
2. Sultans, Saints, and Songs: Persianate Culture, Sufism, and Bhakti in Sultanate India
3. Akbar’s New World: Mughals and Rajputs in the Rise of Vaisnava Bhakti
Part II: Yogis, Poets, and a New Bhakti Sensibility in Mughal India
4. Between Bhakti and Sakti: Religious Sensibilities Among the Ramanandis of Galta
5. Nath Yogis and Ramanandi Bhaktas: Styles of Yoga and Asceticism in North India
6. Agradas and the Circulation of Mughal Bhakti: Formations of Bhakti Community
Part III: The Devotee Versus the Tantrika
7. Yogis and Tantra-Mantra in the Poetry of the Bhakti Saints
8. The Triumphs of Devotion: The Sufi Inflection of Early Modern Bhakti
Conclusion: Bhakti Religion and Tantric Magic
Appendix: List of Manuscripts Containing Compositions by Agradas
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Burchett Patton E.:

Patton Burchett (PhD, South Asian Religions, Columbia) is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary. He has published articles in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including International Journal of Hindu Studies, Journal of Hindu Studies, and Journal of the American Academy of Religion; this is his first book.Patton E. Burchett is assistant professor of religious studies at the College of William and Mary.