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Krishna's mandala : Bhagavata religion and beyond / D. Dennis Hudson ; edited and introduced by John Stratton Hawley with a foreword by Romila Thapar

Author
Hudson, D. Dennis, 1938-2006
Additional Titles
Bhagavata religion and beyond
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
xxxvi, 298 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-

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Contents
1. Tales of two cities -- 2. Reading Bhagavata texts : temples and tomes -- 3. Antal and the Sri Vaishnava world.
Summary
"This posthumous volume brings together seminal essays by one of the foremost American scholars on the religions of India. Exploring the ancient Indian milieu with an innate sense of mandala, 'the surround', D. Dennis Hudson's writings constantly engaged with the core of Bhagavata dharma - Krishna as preceptor and lover in the real world. Hudson was driven by a desire to understand how this ancient vision of Vishnu's forceful, subtle activity managed to stay alive in south India as rulers, poets, and ordinary people changed." "This collection is divided into three parts. The first part, 'Tales of Two Cities', deals with the physical, conceptual, ritual, and moral layouts of two ancient Tamil capitals - Madurai and Kanchipuram. The second, 'Reading Bhagavata Texts - Temples and Tomes', proposes radical interpretations of two familiar texts, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Bhagavata Purana, and shows how they connect to temple architecture. The final section, 'Andal and the Sri Vaishnava World', explores the connections between Bhagavata religion and gender, underlining the example of Andal, the only woman Alvar saint." "In the introduction, John Stratton Hawley highlights the crosscurrents in Dennis Hudson's writings and situates this collection in the larger context of Hudson's academic and personal world. The foreword by Romila Thapar depicts a vigorous, passionate scholar 'not driven by scholarship alone'." "A fitting tribute to a great scholar, this book will be of immense value to researchers and students of ancient and medieval Indian history, religious studies, and philosophy, particularly those interested in Hinduism, Bhagavitism, and the bhakti movement."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
0198062761
9780198062769
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography Note
"Bibliography of works by D. Dennis Hudson" (pages [285]-289).
Includes bibliographical references.
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