Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāna : human suffering and divine play /
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| Author / Creator: | Gupta, Gopal K. (Gopal Krishna) |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (289 p.). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs Oxford theology and religion monographs. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12615689 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Human Suffering and Divine Play
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- 1: Introduction: "What Sort of Thing Is the Bhāgavata?"
- What Is the Bhāgavata?
- Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa
- The Bhāgavata's Narratives as a Theological Lens
- A Word about Sources
- 2: Māyā in the Bhāgavata and Preceding Texts: From Deluding Power to Divine Feminine
- Māyā in the Vedas
- Māyā in the Upaniṣads
- Māyā in the Mahābhārata
- Śaṅkara's Nondualist Conception of Māyā
- The Vaiṣṇava Response to Śaṅkara
- The Bhāgavata Conception of Māyā
- Yoga-māyā Personified as the Divine Feminine
- Yoga and Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāna
- 3: Māyā's Relation to the Temporal Realm: The Sāṁkhya of the Bhāgavata
- The Distinguishing Feature of the Bhāgavata's Sāṁ khya System
- The False Self (Ahaṁ kāra)
- The Bhāgavata's Theory of Manifestation
- The Guṇas Role in the Metaphysics of the Bhāgavata
- 4: Māyā in Relation to the Human Condition: Of Dreams and Allegorical Themes
- The Allegorical City of Nine Gates
- Īśvara-the Eternal Friend
- Purañjana: The Embodied Self
- The Queen and Her Ten Bodyguards: the Intellect and the Senses
- The Eleventh Bodyguard: The Mind
- Caṇḍavega: Time
- The Serpent: The Vital Air
- The Relation between Purāṇajana and His Queen
- The Relation between Purañjana and His Unknown Friend (Paramātmā)
- 5: Māyā's Role in the Absolute Realm: The Architect of Kṛṣṇa's Delights
- Kṛṣṇa and His Mother, Yaśodā
- Yaśodā Binds Kṛṣṇa with Rope
- Distinguishing Love from Lust, the Object from Its Reflection
- Kṛṣṇa and the Rāsa-līlā
- Yoga-māyā in the Rāsa-līlā
- Dual Roles of Māyā
- 6: The Bhāgavata Speaks of Woman: "Temptress" or "Highest Embodiment of Love"?
- Woman as Temptress
- The Cause of Temptation: Passion not Woman
- Women as the Highest Devotees of Kṛṣṇa
- 7: The Bhāgavata Speaks of Human Suffering: "May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step"
- The Problem of Suffering in the Vedānta-sūtra
- The Problem of Suffering in the Bhāgavata
- Time as the Cause of Suffering
- Destiny as the Cause of Suffering
- Suffering as the Mercy of God
- The Purpose of Suffering in the Bhāgavata
- 8: Origins, Bondage, Liberation, and Grace: Of Cats, Monkeys, and Children in Wells
- The Bhāgavata Asserts that Bondage Has a Beginning
- The Bhāgavata Asserts that Bondage is Beginningless
- The Bhāgavata's Resolution
- Individual Effort and Grace in the Attainment of Liberation
- A Brief Overview of the Bhāgavata's Position on Grace
- The Bhāgavata Speaks of Nārada's Life
- Caste and Freedom from Māyā
- Hearing the Bhāgavata
- 9: Epilogue: A Relevant Bit of Nineteenth-Century History
- APPENDIX I: Uses of the Word Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa