Bhakti and embodiment : fashioning divine bodies and devotional bodies in Kṛṣṇa bhakti /
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Author / Creator: | Holdrege, Barbara A., author. |
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Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015. ©2015 |
Description: | xvii, 470 pages ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Routledge Hindu studies series RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10424661 |
Table of Contents:
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Theorizing the Body in the Human Sciences
- The Body in Philosophy
- The Body in Social Theory
- The Body in Feminist and Gender Studies
- The Body in Religion
- Hindu Discourses of the Body
- The Body as a Psychophysical Continuum
- Transmigratory History of the Body
- The Person, the Self, and the Body
- Integral Bodies
- Processual Bodies
- Bhakti and Embodiment
- Embodying the Divine
- The Bhagavata Purana
- The Gaudiya Sampradaya
- 1. The Limitless Forms of Krsna: Fashioning Divine Bodies
- The Absolute Body and Its Endless Manifestations: The Gaudiya Discourse of Divine Embodiment
- Bhagavan's Absolute Body and Self-Referral Play
- The Gaudiya Challenge to Advaita Vedanta and Patañjala Yoga
- Ananta-Rupa: The Limitless Forms of the Absolute Body
- The Gaudiyas and the Srivaisnavas: Contending Theologies
- Krsna's Mesocosmic Forms
- 2. The Embodied Aesthetics of Bhakti: Fashioning Devotional Bodies
- Erotic-Ecstatic Devotion: The Embodied Bhakti of the Bhagavata Purana
- Bodies of Devotion, Bodies of Bliss: The Embodied Aesthetics of Bhakti in the Gaudiya Tradition
- Aesthetics Reimagined as Bhakti-Rasa
- Sadhana-Bhakti: Re-figuring Bodily Identities
- The Gaudiya Challenge to Advaita Vedanta and Patañjala Yoga Revisited
- 3. Bhagavata Purana as Text-Avatara: From Purana-Veda to Embodiment of Bhagavan
- Sruti and Smrti: The Brahmanical Canon of Sastras
- Veda, Sruti, and Smrti
- Vedacizing Strategies
- From Purana-Veda to Karsna-Veda: Puranic Constructions of Canonical Authority
- Transcendent Authority of the Veda
- Vedic Status of the Puranas
- Bhagavata Purana as the Culmination of Sruti and Smrti
- Bhagavata Purana as the Embodiment of Bhagavan
- Sovereign of All Sastras and Embodiment of Bhagavan: Gaudiya Perspectives on the Bhagavata Purana
- Transcendent Authority of the Veda
- Vedic Status of the Puranas
- Transcendent Authority of the Bhagavata Purana
- Fashioning Devotional Bodies through Engaging the Bhagavata
- 4. Naman as Sound-Avatara: From Transcendent Vibration to Reverberating Name
- Transcendent Vibrations, Primordial Utterances, and Meditation Devices: Vedic Perspectives on Mantras
- Cognition of the Vedic Mantras
- Vedic Mantras in the Discourse of Sacrifice
- Root Mantras in the Discourse of Knowledge
- Embodying the Divine Presence in Sound: Mantra and Naman in the Bhagavata Purana
- Re-visioning Mantras
- Engaging the Name
- From Nama-Avatara to Nama-Samkirtana: Gaudiya Perspectives on the Name
- Ontology of the Name
- Transformative Power of the Name
- Fashioning Devotional Bodies and Social Bodies with the Name
- 5. Vraja-Dhaman as Place-Avatara: From Geographic Place to Transcendent Space
- Mythic Space, Pilgrimage Place, and Meditation Mandala: Puranic Constructions of Vraja
- Vraja as a Mythic Space
- Vraja as a Pilgrimage Place
- Vraja as a Meditation Mandala
- Geographic Place as Transcendent Space: Vraja-Dhaman in the Gaudiya Tradition
- The Gaudiya Reclamation of Vraja
- Vraja as Pilgrimage Place and Beyond
- Vraja as the Body of Krsna
- Ontology of the Dhumans: Geographic Place as Transcendent Space
- Goloka-Vrndavana: Vraja-Dhaman as the Supreme Dhaman
- Fashioning Devotional Bodies through Engaging Vraja-Dhaman
- 6. Meditation as Devotional Practice: Experiencing Krsna in His Transcendent Dhaman
- Mantra Meditation and Mandala Visualization: Puranic Perspectives on Meditation
- Mantra Meditation
- Mandala Visualization
- Beyond Yoga and Tantra: The Gaudiya Approach to Meditation
- Meditation in Raganuga-Bhakti
- Realizing Vraja-Dhaman: The Gaudiya Re-visioning of Pañcaratra
- Conclusion: Bhakti and Embodiment
- Fashioning Divine Bodies
- The Absolute Body and Its Partial Manifestafions
- Divine Bodies and Cosmos Bodies
- Divine Bodies and Jiva Bodies
- Mesocosmic Forms
- Fashioning Devotional Bodies
- Re-figuring the Sadhaka-Rupa
- Realizing the Siddha-Rupa
- Fashioning Social Bodies
- Challenging the Discourses of Jnana and Yoga
- Re-visioning Bhakti
- Reimagining Theories of the Body
- Divine Bodies beyond Matter
- Human Bodies beyond Matter
- Gender beyond Sex
- Note on Translations and Editions
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index