Krishna's Mandala Bhagavata Religion and Beyond

by Hudson, D. Dennis; Hawley, John

• ISBN13: 9780198062769
• ISBN10: 0198062761
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

D. Dennis Hudson was one of the foremost American scholars of the religions of India and this volume brings together his seminal essays. It studies different aspects of Bhagavata religion and Vaishnavism in south India and also the connections between the Vaishnavism of south India and aremembered or imagined north. The collection is divided into three parts. While the first part deals with the physical, conceptual, ritual, and moral layouts of the two ancient Tamil capitals-Madurai and Kancipuram, the second evaluates a series of key texts that illumine the nature of ancientBhagavatism. The last part investigates the connections between Bhagavata religion and gender. The volume is edited and introduced by John Stratton Hawley.

Author Biography

D. Dennis Hudson (16 Feb. 1938-10 Dec. 2006) was Emeritus Professor of World Religions at Smith College John Stratton Hawley is Professor of Religion, Barnard College, Columba University

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Note on Consistency and Transliteration	p. xxxvii
Tales of Two Cities
Madurai: The City as Goddess	p. 3
Siva, Minaksi;, Visnu: A Popular Myth, in Madurai	p. 33
Kanchipuram	p. 48
Vraja among the Tamils: Bhagavatas in Early South India	p. 63
Reading Bhagavata Texts-Temples and Tomes
The Initiation of the Emperor	p. 93
The Discovery	p. 113
Dating the Srimad Bhagavata Purana	p. 125
The 'Barley-Corn' Pattern of Bhagavad-Gita 12-16	p. 141
Arjuna's Sin: The Bbagavad-Gita in Its Epic Context	p. 154
Antal and the Sri Vaishnava World
Antal Alvar: A Developing Hagiography	p. 175
Antal's Desire	p. 209
Bathing in Krishna: A Study in Vaisnava Theology	p. 247
By Monkey or by Cat? How is One Saved?	p. 275
Bibliography of Works	p. 285
Index	p. 290
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