{"product_id":"bhakti-and-embodiment-fashioning-divine-bodies-and-devotional-bodies-in-krsna-bhakti-9781138492455","title":"Bhakti and Embodiment: Fashioning Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies in Krsna Bhakti","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe historical shift from Vedic traditions to post-Vedic \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e (devotional) traditions is accompanied by a shift from abstract, translocal notions of divinity to particularized, localized notions of divinity and a corresponding shift from aniconic to iconic traditions and from temporary sacrificial arenas to established temple sites. In \u003ci\u003eBhakti and Embodiment\u003c\/i\u003e Barbara Holdrege argues that the various transformations that characterize this historical shift are a direct consequence of newly emerging discourses of the body in \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions in which constructions of divine embodiment proliferate, celebrating the notion that a deity, while remaining translocal, can appear in manifold corporeal forms in different times and different localities on different planes of existence. Holdrege suggests that an exploration of the connections between \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e and embodiment is critical not only to illuminating the distinctive transformations that characterize the emergence of \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions but also to understanding the myriad forms that \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e has historically assumed up to the present time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study is concerned more specifically with the multileveled models of embodiment and systems of bodily practices through which divine bodies and devotional bodies are fashioned in Krsna \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions and focuses in particular on two case studies: the Bhagavata Purana, the consummate textual monument to Vaisnava \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e, which expresses a distinctive form of passionate and ecstatic \u003ci\u003ebhakti \u003c\/i\u003ethat is distinguished by its embodied nature; and the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, an important \u003ci\u003ebhakti \u003c\/i\u003etradition\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einspired by the Bengali leader Caitanya in the sixteenth century, which articulates a robust discourse of embodiment pertaining to the divine bodies of Krsna and the devotional bodies of Krsna \u003ci\u003ebhakta\u003c\/i\u003es that is grounded in the canonical authority of the Bhagavata Purana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara A. Holdrege\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138492455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara A. Holdrege is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the South Asian Studies Committee at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eRefiguring the Body: Embodiment in South Asian Religions\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRitual and Power.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44031952519283,"sku":"9.78114E+12","price":108.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_18b6c2cf-43ec-4ea9-af28-cc3a180c4f99.jpg?v=1761483339","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/bhakti-and-embodiment-fashioning-divine-bodies-and-devotional-bodies-in-krsna-bhakti-9781138492455","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}