Ascending notions of Personhood in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa Dedicated to Professor Klaus K. Klostermaier on the occasion of his Seventy-fifth Anniversary

The paper looks at one of the main themes of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, which is the theme of ascending notions of Divine Personhood; these sequential notions are arranged in hierarchical order, resembling a ladder. they evoke various emotional states, each more complex and more intense then the previous...

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Published in:Religions of South Asia
Main Author: Teʾodor, Itamar 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2008
In: Religions of South Asia
Further subjects:B Krishnaism
B Puranas
B Bhakti
B Personalism
B Bhagavata Purana
B Vaishnavism
B Hinduism
B Rasa
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Summary:The paper looks at one of the main themes of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, which is the theme of ascending notions of Divine Personhood; these sequential notions are arranged in hierarchical order, resembling a ladder. they evoke various emotional states, each more complex and more intense then the previous one, beginning with a state that evokes śānta and culminating in a state that evokes śṛṅgāra.
ISSN:1751-2697
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v2i1.45