The Bhagavata Purana

Sacred Text and Living Tradition
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-14999-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 397 g

A vibrant example of living literature, the Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text written in Sanskrit verse. Finding its present form by 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 entire text. Each essay focuses on a key theme of the Bhagavata Purana and its subsequent presence in Hindu theology, performing arts, ritual recitation, and commentary. The authors consider the relationship between the sacred text and the divine image, the text's metaphysical and cosmological underpinnings, its shaping of Indian culture, and its ongoing relevance to contemporary Indian concerns.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Ravi

Valpey, Kenneth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hinduismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceIntroduction. Churning the Ocean of L?l?: Themes for Bhagavata StudyPart One: The World of the Bh?gavata1. Reading: Pur??ic Trekking Along the Path of the Bh?gavatas2. Time and Narrative: A Ma??ala of Remembrance: The Bh?gavata Pur??a's Time-Transcending Narrative of L?l?3. Cosmology: Dialogues on Natural Theology: The Bh?gavata Pur??a's Cosmology as Religious Practice4. Ethics: "May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step": The Bh?gavata's Response to the Problem of Evil5. Commentary: Vallabha, the Bh?gavata Pur??a, and the Path of Grace6. Sacred Geography: Vraja-Dh?man: Krishna Embodied in Geographic Place and Transcendent Space7. Theology: The R?sa L?l? of Krishna and the Gop?s: On the Bh?gavata's Vision of Boundless LovePart Two: The Bh?gavata in the World8. Boundaries: Heresies and Heretics in the Bh?gavata Pur??a9. Dance: Krishna Come Soon: Bharata Natyam and the Bh?gavata Pur??a on Stage10. Song: Two Braj Bh??? Versions of the R?sa L?l? Pañc?dhy?y? and Their Musical Performance in Vai??ava Worship11. Recitation:12. Text History: Modern Reception and Text Migration of the Bh?gavata Pur??aBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Ravi M. Gupta is associate professor of religious studies at the The College of William and Mary and is the author of The Caitanya Vaisnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami: When Knowledge Meets Devotion.

Kenneth R. Valpey is a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and has been a regular visiting scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.