Love divine : studies in Bhakti and devotional mysticism

Author(s)

• Werner, Karel

Bibliographic Information

Love divine : studies in Bhakti and devotional mysticism

edited by Karel Werner

（Durham indological series, no. 3）

Curzon Press, 1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Explores the nature and function of bhakti or devotional involvement in religious practice in India in areas where it is seldom sought or where its existence has been doubted or even denied.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Bhakti and the ?g Veda-Does it Appear There or Not?, Jeanine Miller
• Chapter 2 Love and Devotion in Buddhism, Karel Werner
• Chapter 3 The Dynamics of Paritta Chanting in Southern Buddhism, Peter Harvey
• Chapter 4 Psychological Analysis of Bhakti, T.R. Sharma
• Chapter 5 The Pervasiveness of Bhakti in the Bh?gavata Pur??a, Freda Matchett
• Chapter 6 The Place of Bhakti in Aa?kara's Ved?nta, Jacqueline Gaynor Suthren Hirst
• Chapter 7 The Role of Bhakti in the Da?an?m? Order, Wade H. Dazey
• Chapter 8 The Subject, the Object, the Path and the Goal: Aaiva Devotion in a Monistic Setting, Gavin Flood
• Chapter 9 Violence and the Goddess, David Smith
• Chapter 10 Some Reflections on Hindu Bhakti Iconography, Christopher Aslet

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Details

• NCID: BA22700247
• ISBN:
  • 9780700702350
• LCCN: 92112114
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Richmond
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 226 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL1214.32.B53
  • NDC8 : 168
  • DC20 : 294.543
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bhakti
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07077109