Divinizing in South Asian Traditions

ISBN-13: 9780815357810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 132 str.

Diana Dimitrova; Tatiana Oranskaia

Opis

This book deals with the issue of divinizing in South Asian traditions. It aims at studying cultural questions related to the representations and the mythologizing of the divine. It also explores the human relations to the "divine other."

Spis treści

Introduction, Diana Dimitrova 1. The Abducted Male: Sexual Conquest, Lineage and Divinity in the Narratives of Pradyumna and Aniruddha, Christopher Austin 2. From Playmate to Guru: Poetry, Theology, and Practice in Early Tamil Śaiva Siddhānta, Anne Monius 3. The Recasting of Krishna’s Childhood Narrative in the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa to Include the Goddess Radha, André Couture 4. From Warrior Queen to Shiva’s Consort to Political Pawn: The Genesis and Development of a Local Goddess in Madurai, Gita Pai 5. A Bundela Prince Who Became a Deity: Strands of Divinizing, Tatiana Oranskaia 6. Divinizing „on demand"? Kanyā pūjā in Himachal Pradesh, North India, Brigitte Luchesi 7. Divinizing in the Radhasoami Tradition: Mythologizing the Divine "Other", Diana Dimitrova 8. Movements, Miracles, and Mysticism: Apotheosis of Sree Narayana Guru of Early Twentieth Century Kerala, George Pati