Polemics and patronage in the city of victory : Vyāsatīrtha, Hindu sectarianism, and the sixteenth-century Vijayanagara Court /

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"How did the patronage activities of the Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1346-1565) influence Hindu sectarian identities? Contrary to most portraits of the empire as a Hindu bulwark against Islamic incursion from the north or as a religiously ecumenical state, in Polemics and Patronage in the City of V...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stoker, Valerie, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Colección:South Asia across the disciplines.
Temas:
Vyāsatīrtha, > 1460-1539 > Influence.
Vyāsatīrtha, > 1460-1539
1500-1599
Hinduism and state > India > Vijayanagar (Empire) > History > 16th century.
Asian history.
History.
Humanities.
Other non-Christian religions.
Regional and national history.
Religion and beliefs.
Religion: general.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Hinduism and state
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Religion
Vijayanagar (Empire) > Religion > 16th century.
Asia > Vijayanagar (Empire)
Hinduism
Vijayanagar Empire
Vyasatirtha
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"How did the patronage activities of the Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1346-1565) influence Hindu sectarian identities? Contrary to most portraits of the empire as a Hindu bulwark against Islamic incursion from the north or as a religiously ecumenical state, in Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory, Valerie Stoker argues that the Vijayanagara court was selective in its patronage of religious institutions. But the motivations behind this selectivity were not always religious. To understand the dynamic interaction between religious and royal institutions in this period, she focuses on the career of the Hindu intellectual and monastic leader Vyāsatīrtha. An agent of the state and a powerful religious authority, Vyāsatīrtha played an important role in expanding the empire's economic and social networks. By examining Vyāsatīrtha's polemics against rival sects in the context of his work for the empire, Stoker provides a remarkably nuanced picture of the relationship between religious identity and socio-political reality under Vijayanagara rule"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-202) and index.
ISBN:0520965469
9780520965461
Acceso:Open Access

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