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Caitanya Vai£̀Đ£̀¿avism in Bengal social impact and historical implications / Joseph T. O'Connell ; edited by Rembert Lutjeharms.
| Author/creator | O'Connell, Joseph T. |
| Other author | Lutjeharms, Rembert, 1981- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. |
| Description | ix, 294 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge Hindu studies series |
| Abstract | "Within the broad Hindu religious tradition, there have been for millennia many subtraditions generically called Vai£̀Đ£̀¿ava, who insist that the most appropriate mode of religious faith and experienceis bhakti, or devotion, to the supreme personal deity, Vi£̀Đ£̀¿u. Caitanya Vai£̀Đ£̀¿avas, a community of Vai£̀Đ£̀¿ava devotees who coalesced around K£̀¿£̀Đ£̀¿a Caitanya (1486-1533), who taught devotion to the name and form of K£̀¿£̀Đ£̀¿a, especially in conjunction with his divine consort R♯¿dh♯¿ and who also came to be looked upon by many as K£̀¿£̀Đ£̀¿a himself who had graciously chosen to be born in Bengal to exemplify the ideal mode of loving devotion (prema-bhakti). This book focusses on the relationship between the 'transcendent' intentionality of religious faith of human beings and their 'mundane' socio-cultural ways of living, through a detailed study of the social implications of the Caitanya Vai£̀Đ£̀¿ava devotional Hindu tradition in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. Structured in two parts, the first analyses the articulation of K£̀¿£̀Đ£̀¿a-bhakti within the broad Hindu sector of Bengali society. The second section examines Hindu-Muslim relationships in Bengal from the particular vantage point of the Caitanya Vai£̀Đ£̀¿ava tradition, and in which the subtle influence of K£̀¿£̀Đ£̀¿a-bhakti, it is argued, may be detected. In both sections, the bulk of attention is given to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Bengal was under independent Sultanate or emergent Mughal rule and thus free of the impact of British and European colonial influence"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018025055 |
| ISBN | 9781138334335 (hbk) |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |