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The Fading Light of Advaita Acarya : Three Hagiographies.
Rebecca J. Manring offers an illuminating study and translation of three hagiographies of Advaita Acarya, a crucial figure in the early years of the devotional Vaisnavism which originated in Bengal in the fifteenth century. Advaita Acarya was about fifty years older than the movement's putative...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Bengali Sanskrit |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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| Colección: | AAR religion in translation.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Rebecca J. Manring offers an illuminating study and translation of three hagiographies of Advaita Acarya, a crucial figure in the early years of the devotional Vaisnavism which originated in Bengal in the fifteenth century. Advaita Acarya was about fifty years older than the movement's putative founder, Caitanya, and is believed to have caused Caitanya's advent by ceaselessly storming heaven, calling for the divine presence to come to earth. Advaita was a scholar and highly respected pillar of society, whose status lent respectability and credibility to the new movement. A significant body of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199837861 0199837864 1283223031 9781283223034 9780199736461 0199736464 9780199736478 0199736472 |