The Experience of Srividya at Devipuram
This essay discusses the religious experience of Srividya practices at Devipuram in Andhra Pradesh, South India, based on ethnographic studies conducted in 2014 and 2015. A summary of phenomena described by Amritanandanatha Saraswati in his memoirs situates the background. Interviews with three disc...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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MDPI
[2019]
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Religions
Année: 2019, Volume: 10, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-10 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Ethnography
B Religious Experience B Tantra B Yantra B Indian Religions B Srividya |
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| Résumé: | This essay discusses the religious experience of Srividya practices at Devipuram in Andhra Pradesh, South India, based on ethnographic studies conducted in 2014 and 2015. A summary of phenomena described by Amritanandanatha Saraswati in his memoirs situates the background. Interviews with three disciples of Amritananda probe their visionary experiences, practical methodologies and relationships with the Goddess. An inter-textual study of interviews, memoirs and narratives helps identify a theme of vision and embodimentin particular, the aniconic graphic form of the Goddess, the Sriyantra, which is experienced as embodied within the practitioner. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel10010014 |