The Bhāgavata Purāṇa : sacred text and living tradition /

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Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, [2013], ©2013.
Description:xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9047153
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Other authors / contributors:Gupta, Ravi M. (Ravi Mohan), 1982-
Valpey, Kenneth Russell, 1950-
ISBN:9780231149983 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231149980 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231149990 (pbk.)
0231149999 (pbk.)
9780231531474 (electronic)
0231531478 (electronic)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Churning the Ocean of Lila: Themes for Bhagavata Study
  • Part 1. The World of the Bhagavata
  • 1. Reading: Puranic Trekking Along the Path of the Bhagavatas
  • 2. Time and Narrative: A Ma??ala of Remembrance: The Bhagavata Purana's Time-Transcending Narrative of Lila
  • 3. Cosmology: Dialogues on Natural Theology: The Bhagavata Pur??a's Cosmology as Religious Practice
  • 4. Ethics: "May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step": The Bh?gavata's Response to the Problem of Evil
  • 5. Commentary: Vallabha, the Bh?gavata Pur??a, and the Path of Grace
  • 6. Sacred Geography: Vraja-Dh?man: Krishna Embodied in Geographic Place and Transcendent Space
  • 7. Theology: The R?sa L?l? of Krishna and the Gop?s: On the Bh?gavata's Vision of Boundless Love
  • Part 2. The Bh?gavata in the World
  • 8. Boundaries: Heresies and Heretics in the Bh?gavata Pur??a
  • 9. Dance: Krishna Come Soon: Bharata Natyam and the Bh?gavata Pur??a on Stage
  • 10. Song: Two Braj Bh??? Versions of the R?sa L?l? Pañc?dhy?y? and Their Musical Performance in Vai??ava Worship
  • 11. Recitation:
  • 12. Text History: Modern Reception and Text Migration of the Bh?gavata Pur??a
  • Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • Index