The Embodiment of Bhakti by Prentiss, Karen Pechilis

New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. This book explore bhakti within the context of a series of cultural transformations that took place in medieval Tamilnadu, south India, from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries. These transformations were far-reaching and involved diverse fields of culuture, including the realms of poetry, art, kingship, ritual place, and philosophy. ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2"; 265 pages.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. VG+ (previous owner's name is inside front cover, book is otherwise like new). White boards with black lettering and illustration, gray and white spine with white lettering; xi, 265 pp, "Bhakti, an influential religious perspective in India, has long been of interest to scholars; from the orientalists, who drew upon Sanskrit sources in their definition of bhakti as devotion to a personal deity, to modern scholars, who have explored bhakti poetry and the legends of its authors through sources in the regional languages of India. In this interpretive history of bhakti, both chronicle and comparison are used to identify and analyze bhakti as understood by various Tamil Siva-bhakti authors and authorities."--Publisher's description. Contents include: pt. I. Images of Bhakti. 1. Bhakti as Devotion. 2. Bhakti as a Movement -- pt. II. Bodies of Poetry. 3. Pilgrimage and Praise. 4. Defining a Community -- pt. III. Contours in Song, Sculpture, and Story. 5.… Read More

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