The Mahānubhāvs

The Mahānubhāvs

Author: Antonio Rigopoulos

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 0857284010

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The ascetic, devotional sect known as the Mahanubhavs - 'Those of the Great Experience' - arose in 13th century Maharashtra. The Mahanubhavs initially experienced a fairly rapid expansion, particularly across the northern and eastern regions of Maharashtra; however, by the end of the 14th century their movement went underground as they sought a defensive isolation from the larger Hindu context. This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, with a particular focus on the aspects that reveal their difference and nonconformity.


Dattātreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatāra

Dattātreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatāra

Author: Antonio Rigopoulos

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1998-04-02

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1438417330

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This book presents the multi-faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence up to modern times. Dattatreya's Brahmanical portrayal, as well as his even more archaic characterization as a Tantric antinomian figure, combines both Vaisnava Saiva motifs. Over the course of time, Dattatreya has come to embody the roles of the immortal guru, yogin and avatara in a paradigmatic manner. From the sixteenth century Dattatreya's glorious characterization emerged as the incarnation of the trimurti of Brahma, Visnu, and Siva. Although Maharastra is the heartland of Dattatreya devotion, his presence is attested to throughout India and extends beyond the boundaries of Hinduism, being met with in Sufi circles and even in Buddhism and Jainism via Nathism. The scarce attention which most Western scholars of Indian religions have paid to this deity contrasts with its ubiquitousness and social permeability. Devotion to Dattatreya cuts through all social and religious strata of Indian society: among his adepts we find yogis, Brahmans, faqirs, Devi worshippers, untouchables, thieves, and prostitutes. This book explores all primary religious dimensions: myth, doctrine, ritual, philosophy, mysticism, and iconography. The comprehensive result offers a rich fresco of Hindu religion as well as an understanding of Marathi integrative spirituality: precisely this complexity of themes constitutes Dattatreya's uniqueness.


Report

Report

Author: Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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Vāstu-śilpa-kosha

Vāstu-śilpa-kosha

Author: Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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On Hindu temple architecture and Vastu; based on Sanskrit texts.