{"product_id":"bhakti-and-embodiment-fashioning-divine-bodies-and-devotional-bodies-in-krsna-bhakti-paperback","title":"Bhakti and Embodiment: Fashioning Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies in Krsna Bhakti - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara A. Holdrege\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historical shift from Vedic traditions to post-Vedic \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e (devotional) traditions is accompanied by a shift from abstract, translocal notions of divinity to particularized, localized notions of divinity and a corresponding shift from aniconic to iconic traditions and from temporary sacrificial arenas to established temple sites. In \u003ci\u003eBhakti and Embodiment\u003c\/i\u003e Barbara Holdrege argues that the various transformations that characterize this historical shift are a direct consequence of newly emerging discourses of the body in \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions in which constructions of divine embodiment proliferate, celebrating the notion that a deity, while remaining translocal, can appear in manifold corporeal forms in different times and different localities on different planes of existence. Holdrege suggests that an exploration of the connections between \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e and embodiment is critical not only to illuminating the distinctive transformations that characterize the emergence of \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions but also to understanding the myriad forms that \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e has historically assumed up to the present time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study is concerned more specifically with the multileveled models of embodiment and systems of bodily practices through which divine bodies and devotional bodies are fashioned in Krsna \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions and focuses in particular on two case studies: the Bhagavata Purana, the consummate textual monument to Vaisnava \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e, which expresses a distinctive form of passionate and ecstatic \u003ci\u003ebhakti \u003c\/i\u003ethat is distinguished by its embodied nature; and the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, an important \u003ci\u003ebhakti \u003c\/i\u003etradition\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einspired by the Bengali leader Caitanya in the sixteenth century, which articulates a robust discourse of embodiment pertaining to the divine bodies of Krsna and the devotional bodies of Krsna \u003ci\u003ebhakta\u003c\/i\u003es that is grounded in the canonical authority of the Bhagavata Purana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara A. Holdrege is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the South Asian Studies Committee at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eRefiguring the Body: Embodiment in South Asian Religions\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRitual and Power.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 490\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781671354656,"sku":"9781138492455","price":110.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2ef6ad5799a1952fdc62d78cb8f7e40b.webp?v=1780555090","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bhakti-and-embodiment-fashioning-divine-bodies-and-devotional-bodies-in-krsna-bhakti-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}