Main entry:

Jackson, William J. (William Joseph), 1943-

Title & Author:

Vijayanagara visions : religious experience and cultural creativity in a South Indian empire / William J. Jackson.

Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Description:

xv, 381 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-370) and index.
Introduction : visionary goals of bhakti and Hindu arts -- 1. Bhakti fractals : self-similarities among bhakti saints -- 2. Songs on Vishnu's name in Purandaradasa's repertoire -- 3. Nada yoga : music as reflectaphor for cosmic order and experiential means of spiritual realization -- 4. Vedanta Deshika : bell of God, lion of poets, and wise man -- 5. Drinking straight from the real world's river : Jaya Tirtha's life -- 6. Potana : poet inspired by the chaotic order in an eclipse -- 7. Annamacharya and the moans of love's longing -- 8. Annamacharya's voice of spiritual thought -- 9. Tasting tunes in Purandara's parlour -- 10. Lajja Gauri, Kanakadasa and the body, and Vemana and vision.

Summary:

Study of bhakti theme as depicted in the works of South Indian saint poets during the period 1336-1565.

Resources:
Publisher description
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780195683202
019568320X

Subject:

Devotional poetry, Indic History and criticism.
Indic poetry To 1500 History and criticism.
Bhakti in literature.
Poésie de l'Inde Jusqu'à 1500 Histoire et critique.
Bhakti dans la littérature.
Devotional poetry, Indic.
Indic poetry.
Kultur
Bhakti
Staat Vijayanagar

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252230
Call No.: BIB 181917
Status: Available