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THE FADING LIGHT OF ADVAITA ACARYA: by Rebecca J. Manring (2011 TPB){J9|}
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199736472
ISBN-13
9780199736478
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99554357
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fading Light of Advaita Acarya : Three Hagiographies
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Hinduism / General, General
Genre
Religion
Book Series
Aar Religions in Translation Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-042382
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"Advaita Acarya, one of the two most significant disciples of Caitanya, stood at the intersection of ecstatic Vaisnava devotionalism and the strict demands of orthodox Brahmanism. Rebecca Manring's lucid translations of the hagiographies of Advaita tell the story of his resuscitation in late nineteenth-century Bengal by what she identifies as 'the religious right of its day.' The intrinsic fascination of these texts is compounded by the underlying politicalnarrative." ---Ralph W. Nicholas, William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, "Advaita Acarya, one of the two most significant disciples of Caitanya, stood at the intersection of ecstatic Vaisnava devotionalism and the strict demands of orthodox Brahmanism. Rebecca Manring's lucid translations of the hagiographies of Advaita tell the story of his resuscitation in late nineteenth-century Bengal by what she identifies as 'the religious right of its day.' The intrinsic fascination of these texts is compounded by the underlying political narrative." ---Ralph W. Nicholas, William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
294.5512092
Table Of Content
Foreword Notes on Translation and Transliteration A Case Study in Hagiography Haricarana Dasa's Advaita Mangala Laudiya Krsnadasa's Balya-lila-sutra Isana Nagara's Advaita Prakasa Appendices Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Rebecca J. Manring offers an illuminating study and translation of three hagiographies of Advaita Acarya, a crucial figure in the early years of the devotional Vaisnavism which originated in Bengal in the fifteenth century. Advaita Acarya was about fifty years older than the movement's putative founder, Caitanya, and is believed to have caused Caitanya's advent by ceaselessly storming heaven, calling for the divine presence to come to earth. Advaita was a scholar and highly respected pillar of society, whose status lent respectability and credibility to the new movement., Rebecca J. Manring offers a hagiographical treatment of Advaita Acarya, a fifteenth century leader in a new devotional school of Vaisnavism. She uses the Bengali material as a case study of how to read and understand hagiographical literature., Rebecca J. Manring offers an illuminating study and translation of three hagiographies of Advaita Acarya, a crucial figure in the early years of the devotional Vaisnavism which originated in Bengal in the fifteenth century. Advaita Acarya was about fifty years older than the movement's putative founder, Caitanya, and is believed to have caused Caitanya's advent by ceaselessly storming heaven, calling for the divine presence to come to earth. Advaita was a scholar and highly respected pillar of society, whose status lent respectability and credibility to the new movement. A significant body of hagiographical and related literature about Advaita Acarya has developed since his death, some as late as the early twentieth century. The three hagiographic texts included in The Fading Light of Advaita Acarya examine the years of Advaita's life that did not overlap with Caitanya's lifetime, and each paints a different picture of its protagonist. Each composition clearly advocates the view that Advaita was himself divine in some way, and a few go so far as to suggest that Advaita reflected even greater divinity than Caitanya, through miraculous stories that can be found nowhere else in Bengali Vaisnava literature. Manring provides a detailed introduction to these texts, as well as remarkably faithful translations of Haricarana Dasa's Advaita Mangala, Laudiya Krsnadasa's Balya-lila-sutra, and Isana Nagara's Advaita Prakasa.
LC Classification Number
BL1175.A187F33 2011
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