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This is the final, conclusive word on Advaita Acarya. -- Daniel Gold, Cornell University, author of Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion. Manring's illuminating and detailed rea… More...

This is the final, conclusive word on Advaita Acarya. -- Daniel Gold, Cornell University, author of Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion. Manring's illuminating and detailed readings of Middle Bengali and Sanskrit texts reveal the evolving hagiographical traditions concerning Advaita. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Reconstructing Tradition by Rebecca Manring Advaita Acarya was one of the leading figures in the genesis of the Bengali Vaisnava movement in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Though crucial to the movement&#039;s origins, Advaita&#039;s standing among subsequent generations of Bengali Vaisnavas began to fade, only to be reestablished once again during the nineteenth century. In her groundbreaking study, Rebecca Manring examines the ways in which Advaita&#039;s followers used his life story to define, preserve, and reconstruct a political and religious movement. Manring&#039;s illuminating and detailed readings of Middle Bengali and Sanskrit texts reveal the evolving hagiographical traditions concerning Advaita. Her work also presents new perspectives on theological issues within the Bengali Vaisnava tradition, the role of sacred biography, and the religious history of South Asia.Advaita rose to prominence as the older teacher and right-hand man to Caitanya, the founder of the Vaisnava movement. As a Brahman, Advaita also helped the movement gain acceptance among the religious establishment. However, his school and its promotion of conservative brahman values began to lose adherents in the next generation as other, less tradition-bound groups came to the fore. In the late nineteenth century his followers reasserted their place in Bengali Vaisnavism by demonstrating, through their hagiographies, that they alone represented Caitanya&#039;s, and hence Advaita&#039;s, original vision and that they alone had kept it untainted despite the potential for contamination from external forces. Manring analyzes how members of Advaita&#039;s school used established imagery and techniques to sustain their claim for the religious superiority of an individual andrecreated themselves in light of the changing political and social contexts of nineteenth-century Bengal. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Fabricating Tradition explores the devotional Hindu Krishnaite revival of the 15th and 16th centuries and its persistence into modern times through an examination of one of its principal figures, Advaita Acharya. He was the subject of several texts, and Manring considers all of them in terms of changing historical, social, and sectarian contexts. The movement of which Advaita was a part advocated equal access to salvation by all, regardess of class; yet Advaita himself was a high-class Brahman. "Advaita" itself means "non-dual"; yet the movement was inherently dualistic. These conflicts are brought out in greater or lesser degrees in the various hagiographies and thus raise a number of issues for understanding this movement and Indian religion generally. A major revival of the tradition in the late nineteenth century was a response to polemical attacks by British rulers and Christian missionaries, and the book discusses how a tradition appropriates useful themes and images to recreate itself in a new socio-political climate. The postcolonial implications and changing social and historical contexts of the Advaita texts will make this work the text of choice for Hindu hagiography. Notes To write this book on Caitanya's elder companion, Advaita Acarya, Manring has done everything humanly possible: traveled throughout West Bengal and Bangladesh, consulted archives, unearthed manuscripts, and interviewed scholars and descendants. This is the final, conclusive word on Advaita Acarya. -- Rachel Fell McDermott, Barnard College, author of Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal Given the historical depth of the book, its post-colonial implications, and the interesting place of Advaita Acarya in the Caitanya tradition, Reconstructing Tradition may well turn out to be the book of choice for studying Hindu hagiography. -- Daniel Gold, Cornell University, author of Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion Author Biography Rebecca Manring is assistant professor of India studies and religious studies at Indiana University. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Table of Contents Introduction The Birth of an Image Advaita Acarya: A New Imminence Variant Messages: Non-Hagiographical Texts Treating Advaita Acarya Revival and Return Another "Black Forgery," or Mere Play? Advaita Prakasa Sita Devi: Gateway to the Future Advaita Acarya Today Conclusions Review Thorough and authentic... highly recommended. -- E. Findly Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries [A] fine study of a vast body of literature. Intl Journ of Hindu Studies Promotional Reconstructing Tradition explores the devotional Hindu Krishnaite revival of the 15th and 16th centuries and its persistence into modern times through an examination of one of its principal figures, Advaita Acarya. He was the subject of several texts, and Manring considers all of them in terms of changing historical, social, and sectarian contexts.Rebecca Manring considers the role of hagiography in one school of Bengali Vaisnavism against the backdrop of regional religious history, examining the ways in which Advaita Acarya followers designed and used his life story for political and religious purposes. Review Quote "Thorough and authentic... highly recommended." -- E. Findly, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Promotional "Headline" Reconstructing Tradition explores the devotional Hindu Krishnaite revival of the 15th and 16th centuries and its persistence into modern times through an examination of one of its principal figures, Advaita Acarya. He was the subject of several texts, and Manring considers all of them in terms of changing historical, social, and sectarian contexts.Rebecca Manring considers the role of hagiography in one school of Bengali Vaisnavism against the backdrop of regional religious history, examining the ways in which Advaita Acarya followers designed and used his life story for political and religious purposes. Details ISBN0231129548 Short Title RECONSTRUCTING TRADITION Publisher Columbia University Press Language English ISBN-10 0231129548 ISBN-13 9780231129541 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Advaita Acarya and Gaudiya Vaisnavism at the Cusp of the Twentieth Century Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780231129541 UK Release Date 2005-07-13 AU Release Date 2005-07-13 NZ Release Date 2005-07-13 US Release Date 2005-07-13 Author Rebecca Manring Pages 336 Publication Date 2005-07-13 DEWEY 294.5512092 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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2005, ISBN: 9780231129541

Columbia University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 305 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-07-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.27 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4261051, Soziologie, Sozialwi… More...

Columbia University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 305 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-07-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.27 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4261051, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Antike, Bewegungen & Epochen, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Asien, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Religion & Glaube, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Format: Illustriert, Columbia University Press, 2005<

2005, ISBN: 9780231129541

Columbia University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 305 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-07-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.27 kg, Verkaufsrang: 55506, Soziologie, Sozialwiss… More...

Columbia University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 305 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-07-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.27 kg, Verkaufsrang: 55506, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Antike, Bewegungen & Epochen, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Asien, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Religion & Glaube, Format: Illustriert, Columbia University Press, 2005<