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A widely-accepted explanation for India’s national unity is a narrative called the bhakti movement—poet-saints singing bhakti from India’s southern tip to the Himalayas between 600 and 1600. John Hawley shows that this narrative, with its political overtones, was created by the early-twentieth-century circle around Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal.

Bhakti --- Bhakti-marga --- God (Hinduism) --- Social aspects --- History. --- Worship and love --- Bhakti - Social aspects - History.

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This work aims to offer an interpretive history of bhakti, an influential religious perspective in Hinduism. The author argues that although Bhakti is mentioned in every contemporary sourcebook on Indian religions, it still lacks an agreed-upon definition.

Bhakti in literature. --- Bhakti --- Hindu literature --- Religious poetry, Tamil --- Bhakti. --- Bhakti-marga --- God (Hinduism) --- Tamil religious poetry --- Tamil poetry --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Worship and love --- Bakhti in literature. --- Translations into English.

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There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship.Attending Krishna's Image extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West. It focuses on one specific worship tradition, the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, as it develops and sustains itself in two specific locales. By applying the comparative category of ‘religious truth’, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of a living religious tradition. It successfully demonstrates the understanding of devotion as a process of participation with divine embodiment in which worship of Krishna’s image is integral.

Chaitanya (Sect) --- Religious life --- Bhakti. --- Bhakti-marga --- God (Hinduism) --- Religion --- Chaitnaya (Sect) --- Hindu sects --- Rituals. --- Worship and love --- Bhakti --- 294.5*92 --- 294.5*92 Vaisnavisme: Chaitanya; Bhagavata-purana --- Vaisnavisme: Chaitanya; Bhagavata-purana --- Rituals

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A Śaiva Utopia centers on the eleventh chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra, known as the Chapter on Śiva’s Discipline (Śivāśramādhyāya). A critical edition and annotated English translation of the Sanskrit text of this chapter is preceded by a comprehensive study of the Śivadharma’s revision of the Brahmanical ‘laws on class and discipline’ (varṇāśramadharma), tracing its utopian vision of a society bound by Śiva devotion. An edition and English translation of a Sanskrit commentary on the chapter, preserved on a unique palm leaf manuscript in Malayalam script, is included as well. The book concludes with an appendix, which addresses the revision of the Śivāśramādhyāya in the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa, where the Śivadharma has been turned into a Sauradharma ('religion of the Sun'). A Śaiva Utopia should be of interest to all historians of Indian religions.

Hinduism, History of Religion, Asceticism, South Asian Studies, Sanskrit language and literature, Religious Pluralism, History of Religions, Brahmanism, Religious Studies, Medieval Indian History, Indian History, Hindu Studies, Caste, Hindu law, Saivism, Javanese studies, Bhakti Traditions, Śaivism

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This Special Issue of Religions brings together a talented group of international scholars who have studied and written on the Hindu tradition. The topic of religious experience is much debated in the field of Religious Studies, and here, we present studies of the Hindu religious experience explored from a variety of regions and perspectives. Our intention is to show that the religious experience has long been an important part of Hinduism, and should not be dismissed or considered as irrelevant. As a body of scholarship, these articles refine our understanding of the range and variety of religious experience in Hinduism. In addition to their substantive contributions, the authors also show important new directions in the study of the third-largest religion in the world, with over one billion followers.

??kta tantra --- Bhakti --- prak?ti --- Nirguna Bhakti --- T?la --- pilgrimage --- Yoga S?tra --- ku??alin? --- ??nti --- modern Hinduism --- Yogas?tras --- Manasa --- shongshar --- being seen --- arts & religions --- tantra --- ammai --- sacred domesticity --- Hinduism --- Srividya --- India --- Vedanta --- Mahipati --- sam?dhi --- Bhagavad G?t? --- shankh --- Indian music --- Erlebnis --- Mariyamman --- Tukaram --- Santmat --- pluralism --- bhakti --- yoga --- I --- ?r? Vidy? --- Dhrupad --- seeing --- affliction --- Ramakrishna --- Tamil --- moral conduct --- tantric s?dhan? --- sa?yama --- medieval Sant tradition --- prayer --- Indian Religions --- meditation --- devotion --- saints --- yantra --- S??khya philosophy --- anta?kara?a --- Balaji --- ?akti --- not I --- Sants --- guru --- Khayal --- N?da-Brahman --- Gandhi --- possession --- mah?bh?va --- Sang?ta --- modern gurus --- Ganges --- poxes --- creativity --- Tantric Studies --- rain --- goddess --- trance --- brahman --- bh?va --- Erfahrung --- sacred sound --- G?yatr? mantra --- puru??rtha --- Sadhus --- Yoga --- conch --- William James --- dar?an --- S??khya --- agricultural field --- Bengali home --- puru?a --- Lakshmi --- Ethnography --- R?ga --- Ved?nta --- Patañjali --- religious experience --- K?rtan --- divine light and sound --- performance --- renunciation --- dhy?n --- Bhajan --- Rasa --- mok?a --- Hinduism. --- Experience (Religion) --- Religious experience --- Psychology, Religious --- Religions --- Brahmanism