A Genealogy of Devotion: Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India
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 religi...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2019
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
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| Résumé: | 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. Intro -- Table of Contents -- 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 Vaiṣṇava Bhakti -- Part II: Yogīs , Poets, and a New Bhakti Sensibility in Mughal India -- 4. Between Bhakti and Śakti: Religious Sensibilities Among the Rāmānandīs of Galta -- 5. Nāth Yogīs and Rāmānandī Bhaktas: Styles of Yoga and Asceticism in North India -- 6. Agradās and the Circulation of Mughal Bhakti: Formations of Bhakti Community -- Part III: The Devotee Versus the Tāntrika -- 7. Yogīs 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 Agradās -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (452 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-54883-0 |
