Refiguring the body: embodiment in South Asian religions
Beyond Modern Assumptions: Alternative Models from Religious TraditionsAgainst an Exclusively Metaphorical Hermeneutic; The Rejection of Sat-kāya-dṛṣṭi and the Realization of Dharma-kāya; Challenges for Contemporary Body Theories; Notes; References; 2 Body, Self, and Embodiment in the Sanskrit Class...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Bodiliness
/ Religion
B Asia / Embodiment / Buddhism B Asia / Buddhism / Hinduism / Body |
| IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism BL Buddhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Electronic books Electronic books B Hinduism South Asia B Religion B Buddhism South Asia B Hinduism B Human Body Religious aspects B South Asia B Buddhism B Hinduism (South Asia) B Buddhism (South Asia) B South Asia Religion B South Asia Religion South Asia B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion B Human body ; Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | Beyond Modern Assumptions: Alternative Models from Religious TraditionsAgainst an Exclusively Metaphorical Hermeneutic; The Rejection of Sat-kāya-dṛṣṭi and the Realization of Dharma-kāya; Challenges for Contemporary Body Theories; Notes; References; 2 Body, Self, and Embodiment in the Sanskrit Classics of Āyurveda; Self and Somatic Well-being; The Material Body and the Embodied Self; Self-cultivation; The Cosmic Physiology; Dharma and Body; Notes; References; 3 Bodily Gestures and Embodied Awareness: Mudrā as the Bodily Seal of Being in the Trika Śaivism of Kashmir; Mudrā as Mimetic Image Introduction: Body Matters in South Asia; The Essays; Part 1: Material Bodies, Embodied Selves, and Perfected Embodiments; Part 2: Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies; Part 3: Gendered and Engendering Bodies; Contributions to Re-figuring Body Theories; Beyond Human Embodiment; Transforming Human Bodily Identities; Notes; References; Part 1: Material Bodies, Embodied Selves, and Perfected Embodiments; 1 Perfected Embodiment: A Buddhist-Inspired Challenge to Contemporary Theories of the Body; The Materialist, Descriptivist Limitations of Contemporary Body Theories Recollecting Abhinavagupta's Bodily BearingNotes; References; 4 Bodied, Embodied, and Reflective Selves: Theorizing Performative Selfhood in South Indian Performance; Scholarly Constructions of the Self; A Theory of Performative Selfhood: Beyond Rasa Theory; Effects of Possession on the Bodied, Embodied, and Reflective Selves; Training the Performing Self in South Indian Classical Dance; Conclusion: Constructing the Lingering Self; Notes; References; Part 2: Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies; 5 Observations on the Bodies of the Gods in the Mahābhārata Sādhaka-Rūpa: Fashioning a Body of DevotionRe-figuring the Psychophysiology; Engaging Kṛṣṇa's Mesocosmic Forms; Siddha-Rūpa: Realizing a Body of Bliss; Two Bodies: Sādhaka-Rūpa and Siddha-Rūpa; Līlā-Smaraṇa and Realization of the Siddha-Rūpa; The Physical Signs of Enraptured Devotion; Notes; References; 7 To Body or Not to Body: Repulsion, Wonder, and the Tamil Saint Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār; What She Said; What He Said; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 8 Bodies of Desire, Bodies of Lament: Marking Emotion in a South Indian Vaiṣṇava Messenger Poem; Rāma's Love-Madness and the Royal Goose The Visual Accessibility and Multiplicity of the Gods' BodiesVigraha: Gods and Human Bodies; Mūrti: Condensed Presence; Mūrti and Yoga; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 6 Bhakti and Embodiment: Bodies of Devotion and Bodies of Bliss in Kṛṣṇa Bhakti; Bhakti and Embodiment; The Gauḍīya Discourse of Embodiment; Ananta-rūpa: The Limitless Forms of Kṛṣṇa; Brahman, Paramātman, and Bhagavān; Bhagavān's Self-Referral Play with His Śaktis; The Absolute Body of Bhagavān; The Source and Container of Avatāras; The Gauḍīya Challenge to Advaita Vedānta and Pātañjala Yoga; Mesocosmic Forms of Kṛṣṇa |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| ISBN: | 1438463162 |