By: R.S. McGregor (Editor), Faculty Of Oriental Studies (Editor)

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This volume addresses research topics within the field of Bhakti literature, the devotional poetry and other compositions of devotional character in the earlier literature of the modern South Asian languages. Its papers range from the roots of the Bhakti tradition in the early history of Krsna to its modern adaptations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century culture. Geographically, they span Bengal to Sind, Panjab to Maharashtra. Contemporary study of the modern Indian languages has broadened the scope of scholarship to consider today's Hindu attitudes, and those of a mixed society, against the background of ancient culture. Here, materials in six modern Asian languages are discussed: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi in its main literary forms, Marathi, Panjabi and Sindhi; with assessment also of material in Sanskrit, Arabic and Chinese. In addition to studies of literary (and orally transmitted) works in the Krsna or Rama traditions, and of Sufi compositions and their interpretation, there are papers on the early history of sacred sites, the emergence of the religion of Rama, later religious formulations throughout the subcontinent, and the interaction of the Islamic and the Hindu.

List of conference members
Preface
List of abbreviations
Sacred Places and Sites
Govardhan, the Eater hill Charlotte Vaudeville
The Manbhaus' seat on Ramtek
Formulation and Transmission of Religious Attitudes
Singers' repertoires in western India
An oral theology: Dadupanthi homilies
Some aspects of the development of bhakti traditions, with especial reference to the Hindi poems attributed to
The Hindu model of social organisation and the bhakti movement: the example of Vallabha's
Interaction Between Islamic and Indian Religious Attitudes
Sufi influence in the Ekanathi-bhagavat some observations on the text and its historical context
How a Muslim looks at Hindu bhakti
Muslim devotional literature in Gujarati: Islam and bhakti
The Ismaili ginans as devotional literature
Literary and Religious Traditions in Maharashtra
A grammar of bhakti: Paucavartika
Authorship and redactorship of the
Matapitrbhakti: some aspects of the development of the Pundalika legend in Marathi literature
Tukaram: the making of a saint
Sadguru and the Holy Spirit Christopher
Special features of the Varkari cult as regards sadhana
Some Particular Expressions of the Sufi Presence in North India
The text of
Kutuban's Miragavati its content and interpretation
Krsnaite and Nath elements in the poetry of the eighteenth-century
Some Topics in the Krsna Poetry of North India
Three-three-two versus four-by-four metrical frames for the padas of
Creative enumeration in the vinaya poetry of
The padas attributed to
Synoptic and sectarian bhakti in the poetry of
Discussion of the Rama Tradition in the North and North-East India
Taranisena a parochialised devotional motif
Tulsidas and Confucius
Modernisation in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Hariscandra of Banaras and the reassessment of Vaisnava bhakti in the late nineteenth century
A reinterpretation of bhakti theology from the Pustimarg to the
Index
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ISBN: 9780521413114
ISBN-10: 0521413117
Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 340
Published: 25th September 1992
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.2  x 2.2
Weight (kg): 0.67