Self-Surrender (Prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism - 9780415391856
Un libro in lingua di Srilata Mueller Srilata Raman edito da Taylor & Francis, 2007
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Filling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth and thirteenth century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. This original study shows that medieval sectarian formation in its theological dimension is a fluid and ambivalent enterprise, where conflict and differentiation are presaged on "sharing", whether of a common canon, saint or rituals or two languages (Tamil and Sanskrit), or of a "meta-social" arena such as the temple.
Srilata Mueller, a member of the Shrivaishnava community, argues that the core ideas of prapatti in these religious texts reveal the description of a heterogeneous theological concept. Demonstrating that this concept is theologically moulded by the emergence of new literary genres, Mueller puts forward the idea that this original understanding of prapatti is a major contributory cause to the emergence of sectarian divisions among the Shrivaishnavas, which lead to the formation of two sub-sects, the Tenkalai and the Vatakalia, who stand respectively, for the "cat" and "monkey" theological positions.
Making an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion, this text provides a new intellectual history of medieval Indian religion. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Shrivaishnava and also Hindu and Indian religious studies.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Self-Surrender (Prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism
- Sottotitolo: Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys?
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Srilata Mueller Srilata Raman
- Editore: Taylor & Francis
- Collana: Taylor & Francis (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 31 Marzo '07
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : âSaraònåagati âSråi Vaishònava (Sect) Doctrines Spiritual life âSråi Vaishònava (Sect
- Pagine: 250
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 165 x 19
- EAN-13: 9780415391856