The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition
A vibrant example of living literature, The Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text containing more than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. Finding its present form around the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance a...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | Review of 1) Kristin Johnston Largen, Baby Krishna, Infant Christ: A Comparative Theology of Salvation, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1570759321, pb, x + 246 pp.; 2) Ravi M. Gupta and Kenneth R. Valpey, eds., The Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Sacred Text and Living Tradition, New York: Columbia University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0231149990, pb, xvi + 279 pp (2014) (Irvine, Andrew B.)
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| Summary: | A vibrant example of living literature, The Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text containing more than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. Finding its present form around the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora. Introducing The Bhagavata Purana's key themes while also examining its extensive influence on Hindu thought and practice, this collection conducts the first multidimensional reading of the text's en |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0231149999 |