{"product_id":"singing-the-body-of-god","title":"Singing The Body of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Steven Paul Hopkins\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 344\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0 19 566403 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full-length study of the devotional poetry and poetics of the fourteenth-century poet-philosopher Vedantadesika, one of the most outstanding and influential figures in the Hindu tradition of Sri-Vaisnavism (the cult of Lord Vishnu). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite their intrinsic beauty and theological importance, the poetry and philosophy of Vedantadesika have received very little scholarly attention. For the millions who belong to the Vaisnava tradition, however, these poems are not just classical literature; they are committed to memory, recited, sung, and enacted in ritual both in India and throughout the Hindu diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Paul Hopkins here offers a comparative study of the Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil poems composed by Vedantadesika, the philosopher and logician, in praise of important Vaisnava shrines and their icons poems that are considered to be the apogee of south Indian devotional literature. He examines the varied ways in which Vedantadesika works his thought through the distinctive at times antithetical medium of the poem. He also gives particular attention to the poems emotional and visionary center of gravity: the different temple icons of Lord Vishnu, referred to by the poet simply as the various lovely bodies of god.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume brings to light a unique example of the creative synthesis of Sanskrit and Tamil traditions in medieval Tamil Nadu, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of intellectual and religion cosmopolitanism in South Asia. It will be of interest to scholars of South Asian Studies, religion, history, and Indian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on Orthography and the Pronunciation of Word\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Singing in Tongues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummary of Themes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMethodological Framework\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Sources and Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutline of Chapters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: THE BELL OF TIRUPATI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1: Philosopher, Preacher, Poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2: Between Two Dynasties: Desika in the Art of Srivaisnava Narrative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: TAMIL AND BEYOND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3: The Tears of Brahma: Desika’s Tamil Poetry and the Praise of Kings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4: The Fruits of Mukunda’s Mercy: Desika’s Tamil Poetry in the Akam Mode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5: A God From Toe to Crown: In Love with the Body of Vishnu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: THE OLD NORTHERN TONGUE AND ITS COSMOPOLITAN COUSIN: SINGING THE SOUTHERN TRADITION IN SANSKRIT AND PRAKRIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6: The Dark Blue Flame of the Sacrifice: Praises of Kanci in the Northern Tongue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 7: AN Ornament for Jewels: Seeing the Body of Devanayaka in Sanskrit and Prakrit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION: His Own Words: The Hymns of Vedantadesika in Their South Indian Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Steven Paul Hopkins \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153664995696,"sku":"11219","price":45.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/11219.jpg?v=1793912292","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/singing-the-body-of-god","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}