{"product_id":"self-surrender-prapatti-to-god-in-shrivaishnavism-routledge-hindu-studies-series-0415544645","title":"Self-Surrender (prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415544645\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Raman, Srilata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth and thirteenth century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. This original study shows that medieval sectarian formation in its theological dimension is a fluid and ambivalent enterprise, where conflict and differentiation are presaged on \"sharing\", whether of a common canon, saint or rituals or two languages (Tamil and Sanskrit), or of a \"meta-social\" arena such as the temple.Srilata Mueller, a member of the Shrivaishnava community, argues that the core ideas of prapatti in these religious texts reveal the description of a heterogeneous theological concept. Demonstrating that this concept is theologically moulded by the emergence of new literary genres, Mueller puts forward the idea that this original understanding of prapatti is a major contributory cause to the emergence of sectarian divisions among the Shrivaishnavas, which lead to the formation of two sub-sects, the Tenkalai and the Vatakalia, who stand respectively, for the \"cat\" and \"monkey\" theological positions.Making an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion, this text provides a new intellectual history of medieval Indian religion. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Shrivaishnava and also Hindu and Indian religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51931315339552,"sku":"NEW0415544645","price":93.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/self-surrender-prapatti-to-god-in-shrivaishnavism-routledge-hindu-studies-series-0415544645","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}