Self - surrender (Prapatti) to god in srivaisnavism: Tamil cats and Sanskrit monkeys (Record no. 98382)
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| fixed length control field | 01851nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0415544641 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5512 RAM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Raman, Srilata |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Self - surrender (Prapatti) to god in srivaisnavism: Tamil cats and Sanskrit monkeys |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii,250 p. |
| Other physical details | 23 cm ; Pbk |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Filling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth and thirteenth century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. This original study shows that medieval sectarian formation in its theological dimension is a fluid and ambivalent enterprise, where conflict and differentiation are presaged on "sharing", whether of a common canon, saint or rituals or two languages (Tamil and Sanskrit), or of a "meta-social" arena such as the temple.<br/><br/>Srilata Mueller, a member of the Shrivaishnava community, argues that the core ideas of prapatti in these religious texts reveal the description of a heterogeneous theological concept. Demonstrating that this concept is theologically moulded by the emergence of new literary genres, Mueller puts forward the idea that this original understanding of prapatti is a major contributory cause to the emergence of sectarian divisions among the Shrivaishnavas, which lead to the formation of two sub-sects, the Tenkalai and the Vatakalia, who stand respectively, for the "cat" and "monkey" theological positions.<br/><br/>Making an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion, this text provides a new intellectual history of medieval Indian religion. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Shrivaishnava and also Hindu and Indian religious studies. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Religion |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| GSB Collection | 20/06/2012 | 03.12.2010 | 1.00 | 294.5512 RAM | 40012 | 10/05/2013 | 22/06/2019 | Books |