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...
Published in: | Religions of South Asia |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
2008
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Religions of South Asia
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v2i1.45 |