Bhakti and Embodiment by Holdrege, Barbara A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Figures Preface Introduction

Theorizing the Body in the Human Sciences

The Body in Philosophy The Body in Social Theory The Body in Feminist and Gender Studies The Body in Religion

Hindu Discourses of the Body

The Body as a Psychophysical Continuum Transmigratory History of the Body The Person, the Self, and the Body Integral Bodies Processual Bodies

Bhakti and Embodiment

Embodying the Divine The Bhāgavata Purāṇa The Gauḍīya Sampradāya

1 The Limitless Forms of Kṛṣṇa: Fashioning Divine Bodies

The Absolute Body and Its Endless Manifestations: The Gauḍīya Discourse of Divine Embodiment

Bhagavān’s Absolute Body and Self-Referral Play The Gauḍīya Challenge to Advaita Vedānta and Pātañjala Yoga Ananta-Rūpa: The Limitless Forms of the Absolute Body The Gauḍīyas and the Śrīvaiṣṇavas: Contending Theologies Kṛṣṇa’s Mesocosmic Forms

2 The Embodied Aesthetics of Bhakti: Fashioning Devotional Bodies

Erotic-Ecstatic Devotion: The Embodied Bhakti of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa Bodies of Devotion, Bodies of Bliss: The Embodied Aesthetics of Bhakti in the Gauḍīya Tradition

Aesthetics Reimagined as Bhakti-Rasa Sādhana-Bhakti: Re-figuring Bodily Identities The Gauḍīya Challenge to Advaita Vedānta and Pātañjala Yoga Revisited

3 Bhāgavata Purāṇa as Text-Avatāra: From Purāṇa-Veda to Embodiment of Bhagavān

Śruti and Smṛti: The Brahmanical Canon of Śāstras

Veda, Śruti, and Smṛti Vedacizing Strategies

From Purāṇa-Veda to Kārṣṇa-Veda: Purāṇic Constructions of Canonical Authority

Transcendent Authority of the Veda Vedic Status of the Purāṇas Bhāgavata Purāṇa as the Culmination of Śruti and Smṛti Bhāgavata Puāṇa as the Embodiment of Bhagavān

Sovereign of All Śāstras and Embodiment of Bhagavān: Gauḍīya Perspectives on the Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Transcendent Authority of the Veda Vedic Status of the Purāṇas Transcendent Authority of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa Fashioning Devotional Bodies through Engaging the Bhāgavata

4 Nāman as Sound-Avatāra: From Transcendent Vibration to Reverberating Name

Transcendent Vibrations, Primordial Utterances, and Meditation Devices: Vedic Perspectives on Mantras

Cognition of the Vedic Mantras Vedic Mantras in the Discourse of Sacrifice Root Mantras in the Discourse of Knowledge

Embodying the Divine Presence in Sound: Mantra and Nāman in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Re-visioning Mantras Engaging the Name

From Nāma-Avatāra to Nāma-Saṃkīrtana: Gauḍīya Perspectives on the Name

Ontology of the Name Transformative Power of the Name Fashioning Devotional Bodies and Social Bodies with the Name

5 Vraja-Dhāman as Place-Avatāra: From Geographic Place to Transcendent Space

Mythic Space, Pilgrimage Place, and Meditation Maṇḍala: Purāṇic Constructions of Vraja

Vraja as a Mythic Space Vraja as a Pilgrimage Place Vraja as a Meditation Maṇḍala

Geographic Place as Transcendent Space: Vraja-Dhāman in the Gauḍīya Tradition

The Gauḍīya Reclamation of Vraja Vraja as Pilgrimage Place and Beyond Vraja as the Body of Kṛṣṇa Ontology of the Dhaāmans: Geographic Place as Transcendent Space Goloka-Vṛndāvana: Vraja-Dhāman as the Supreme Dhāman Fashioning Devotional Bodies through Engaging Vraja-Dhāman

6 Meditation as Devotional Practice: Experiencing Kṛṣṇa in His Transcendent Dhāman

Mantra Meditation and Maṇḍala Visualization: Purāṇic Perspectives on Meditation

Mantra Meditation Maṇḍala Visualization

Beyond Yoga and Tantra: The Gauḍīya Approach to Meditation

Meditation in Rāgānugā-Bhakti Realizing Vraja-Dhāman: The Gauḍīya Re-visioning of Pāñcarātra

Conclusion: Bhakti and Embodiment

Fashioning Divine Bodies

The Absolute Body and Its Partial Manifestations Divine Bodies and Cosmos Bodies Divine Bodies and Jīva Bodies Mesocosmic Forms

Fashioning Devotional Bodies

Re-figuring the Sādhaka-Rūpa Realizing the Siddha-Rūpa

Fashioning Social Bodies

Challenging the Discourses of Jñāna and Yoga Re-visioning Bhakti

Reimagining Theories of the Body

Divine Bodies beyond Matter Human Bodies beyond Matter Gender beyond Sex

Note on Translations and Editions Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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