RT Article
T1 Gaudiya Vaisnava Studies: Mapping the Field
JF Religions of South Asia
VO 9
IS 3
SP 305
OP 331
A1 Wong, Lucian
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1771968508
AB Gaudiya Vaisnavism, which traces its origins to the ecstatic Ben gali Krsna devotee, Krsna Caitanya (1486-1533), has indelibly shaped the socio religious landscape of Bengal and significantly impacted other regions of the Indian subcontinent, such as Orissa, Bihar, Assam, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The present article provides a current map of the field of the study of the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, from its inception to the early twentieth century, based largely on recent critical English-language scholarship. Adopting a thematic historical approach, it highlights the contextual specificity of recent scholarship and provides a heuristic framework for understanding the tradition and its historical dynamics.
K1 Bengal
K1 Caitanya
K1 Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism
K1 Vrindavan
K1 Bhakti
K1 gosvāmī
DO 10.1558/rosa.v9i3.32197