A Vaisnava Poet in Early Modern Bengal: Kavikarnapura's Splendour of Speech

ISBN-13: 9780198827108 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 384 str.

Rembert Lutjeharms

Opis

This is the first in-depth study of the literary works of the sixteenth-century Sanskrit poet and theologian Kavikarnapura, one of the most important poets of the Vaisnava devotional tradition inspired by Sri Krsna Caitanya.

Recenzje

Lutjeharms has assembled a powerful argument for Kar=uapura's status among Vaisnavas as a theologian and poet to rival the main authorities in the tradition. The range of Sanskrit literary connections in the poet's work, along with the nuanced translations of the multiple meanings of the literary language using Kar=uapura's own framework, is an impressive instance of utilizing emic perspectives in understanding the texts.

O autorze

Rembert Lutjeharms is a librarian and research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, and a tutor in Hinduism at the Faculty of Theology & Religion of the University of Oxford. The main subject of his research is the early intellectual history of the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition. He is also an editor of the Journal of Hindu Studies.