Modern Hinduism in Text and Context
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Notes to Diacritics and Pronunciation -- 1 Introduction -- Part One Traditional Hinduism: Classical Texts, Traditions, and Practices -- 2 Multiregional and Multi-linguistic...
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Vemsani, Lavanya: Modern Hinduism in Text and Context. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2018. - 9781350045088 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Notes to Diacritics and Pronunciation -- 1 Introduction -- Part One Traditional Hinduism: Classical Texts, Traditions, and Practices -- 2 Multiregional and Multi-linguistic Virasaivism: Change and Continuity in an Early Devotional Tradition -- 1. Multilingual Virasaivism, past and present -- 2. Coconut in the honey: the Viramahesvaras of Andhra Pradesh -- 3. Sanskritic Virasaivism after Vijayanagar: the codification of Sivadvaita philosophy -- 4. Transregional Virasaivism: new perspectives from the archive -- 3 Entering the South Asian City: Pravesa in Literature and Practice -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The domestic Pravesa -- 3. The Indra festival -- 4. The South Asian city -- 5. Yudhi..hira enters Hastinapura -- 6. Conclusion -- 4 Demonic Devotees and Symbolism of Violence in Hindu Literature -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Demons and asceticism -- 3. The nature of the demonic -- 4. Ending the cycle of violence -- 5. Conclusion -- 5 Sacred Groves: The Playground of the Gods -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pañcava.i in thought, culture, and practice -- 3. Sacred groves in modern India and Nepal -- 4. Conclusion -- 6 Religious Symbolism in Contemporary Political Art: Hussaini and Tamil Popular Culture -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Tamil political image -- 3. Hussaini's blood images of Jayalalitha -- 4. Blood sacrifice in Tamil films -- 5. In the aftermath of Jayalalitha -- Part Two Hinduism in the Modern World: Colonial, Diasporic, and Women's Religion -- 7 "Rite of Passage" in India's National Struggle: Understanding Rabindranath Tagore's Gora in the Context of Religion -- 1. Introduction: nation in the rite of passage -- 2. Nation in the rite of passage: symbols of separation and displacement in Gora Caged bird and other passages of separation in Gora -- Liminal entities -- Images of new India (Bharatavarsha) -- Brittanica versus Indica: empire and emergence of a new nation -- 3. Liminoid nation: journey of the protagonists -- India in transition: nation and nationhood in Gora -- 4. The final passage: aggregation and Culmination of the new nation -- 5. Emergence of the new nation (Bharatavarsha): marriage as the final passage -- 6. Conclusion -- 8 America, the Superlative, and India, the Jewel in the Crown: Religious Ideologies, Transnationalism, and the End of the Raj -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early visitors and cross-cultural interactions -- 3. Religious and political leaders: deepening relations -- 4. Orient and Occident -- 9 The Integral Yoga of the Sri Aurobindo Asram: Gender, Spirituality, and the Arts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Incarnating Mahasakti (the Divine Mother): spiritual consorts and avataras -- 3. Mahesvari (Wisdom) and the destiny of the mind -- Transformation of the mind -- The annihilation of the mind -- The divine body and a new center of consciousness -- Implications of manonasa for art -- 4. Mahasarasvati (Perfection) and Mahakali (Strength): descendant spirituality and opposition used in growth -- 5. Mahalak.mi (Harmony) and the role of beauty -- 6. Conclusion -- 10 In Relationship with the Goddess: Women Interpreting Leadership Roles and Shaping Diasporic Identities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ethics and participation -- 3. Innovation and tradition -- 4. Devi in Tamil culture -- 5. Interpretations of the goddess -- 6. Women's roles in leadership -- 7. Gender, identity, and performativity -- 11 Spirituality and Ritual in Odissi Dance: Health, Healing, and Ritual in a Diaspora Performance Tradition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 3. Horidraa: golden healing -- Act I-"Inside the Industry of Health Act II-Descent into memory -- Act III-"Magykal Imaginings: Rituals of Memory, Reckonings, Loss, Love, Pleasure, and Imagining Healing" -- 4. Conjuring healing -- 5. Conclusion -- 12 A Mandal of Their Own: Gender and the Reimagining of Community by Hindu Renouncers in Northern India -- 1. "Enough is enough!": imagining a women's mandal in Rajasthan, India -- 2. Radical disorientations: renunciation in text and practice -- 3. "Where have all the women gone?": the absence in the presence of a women's mandal -- 4. Disruptive symbols: changing meanings of gender androgyny in sannyas -- 5. "Whose mandal is it anyway?": disruptures in the vision and goals of an organization -- 6. "God and bhagva are the same": symbolically transforming sannyas through the sari -- 7. Conclusion: the creativity of disruptive gestures for female sadhus in India -- 13 Conclusion -- Appendix: Poetry by Ananya Chatterjea -- Glossary -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- The Indian Ladies' Magazine (ILM) -- Chapter 9 -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1350045098 |