Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- The Editor -- The Contributors -- On transliteration -- Rethinking the body in South Asian traditions -- References -- Chapter 1 The corporeal vaṃśa: Seizure and restriction of the body in the Ha...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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| Dans: | Année: 2020 |
| Collection/Revue: | Routledge Series on South Asian Culture Ser.
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Südasien
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B Inde / Corps |
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Electronic books
B Recueil d'articles |
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Erscheint auch als: 9780367536183 |
| Résumé: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- The Editor -- The Contributors -- On transliteration -- Rethinking the body in South Asian traditions -- References -- Chapter 1 The corporeal vaṃśa: Seizure and restriction of the body in the Hariva ṃ ś a -- Introduction -- The vaṃśa as body in Brahminical tradition -- Śunaḥśepa: Debt and the seizure of male bodies -- The body of Hari's vaṃśa -- Kṛṣṇa rescues other people's sons -- Seizures within the Vṛṣṇi vaṃśa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Tinged with pain and promise: Images of bodies in the poetry of Appar -- The human body as a problem -- The human body as a gift from god -- The problem with the body -- Finding new bodily habits, seeing the world anew -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Allegorical representations of the body in the Vijñānagīta by Keśavdās -- The allegorical body in South Asian traditions -- Allegory, personification, and the function of the body -- The body of the heretics: iconological interpretation -- The body in a poetical perspective -- The body as a means to get liberation in life -- Conclusion: The body in new political agendas -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Devotional bodies and embodied devotion: Yoga, bhakti, and pilgrimage in the Radhasoami tradition -- Guru and guru-bhakti1 -- The body in South Asian traditions -- The body in Radhasomi: The interplay of the devotional, tantric, and social bodies -- Bhakti, yoga, and the Satsaṅg -- Pilgrimage: Bhakti, yoga, and service -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Bodies in Cracking India -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Cultivating a female body: Appropriation of female rituality ( sa ṃ sk ā ra ) within the hijra community -- Saṃskāra -- The rīt -- The dūdhpīlānā ceremony -- The nirvāṇ. |
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| ISBN: | 1000257959 |