NAME-DEVOTION IN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND KAVERI DELTA NAMASIDDHANTA
Around the world the popular religious use of holy names in prayer, chanting and song demonstrates a variety of understandings, hopes and attitudes. A varied trajectory of name-veneration can be traced through the changing course of Indian history. Along this trajectory there are distinctive emphase...
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| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
1994
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 1994, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 33-55 |
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| Summary: | Around the world the popular religious use of holy names in prayer, chanting and song demonstrates a variety of understandings, hopes and attitudes. A varied trajectory of name-veneration can be traced through the changing course of Indian history. Along this trajectory there are distinctive emphases of adaptive modifications, yet there is a continuity. At some points the sacred name is the focus of attempts to give religious access to a wider spectrum of people. In the late medieval / early modern period of Hinduism, Smarta brahmans in the Kaveri delta promoted name-devotion as an intersectarian way of promoting both religious piety and social harmony, using music as a vehicle. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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