Against Vaiṣṇava Deviance: Brāhmaṇical and Bhadralok Alliance in Bengal
This article sets out to problematise the notion that late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vaiṣṇava anti-sahajiyā polemics can be taken as a definitive index of colonial wrought rupture within Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism. It proceeds by (1) drawing attention to oblique, yet unmistakably polemical, for...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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MDPI
[2018]
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Religions
Año: 2018, Volumen: 9, Número: 2, Páginas: 1-19 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Sahajiyā
B Bhadralok B Brāhmaṇa B Bengal B Vaiṣṇava B Gauḍīya |
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| Sumario: | This article sets out to problematise the notion that late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vaiṣṇava anti-sahajiyā polemics can be taken as a definitive index of colonial wrought rupture within Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism. It proceeds by (1) drawing attention to oblique, yet unmistakably polemical, forms of response to sahajiyā currents in pre-colonial Gauḍīya literature that are indicative of a movement towards a brāhmaṇically-aligned Vaiṣṇava normativity; and (2) highlighting how this movement towards normativity was further fostered in colonial times by Gauḍīya gosvāmī types, who were often extensively involved in bhadralok Vaiṣṇava domains. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel9020057 |