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Religion, Tradition, and Ideology

Champakalakshmi, Radha:
Religion, tradition, and ideology : pre-colonial South India / R. Champakalakshmi. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xx, 643 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN 978-0-19-807059-7
Rs. 1450,00
US$ 75,00 (Vedams Books)
US$ 76,80 (K.K. Agencies)
DDC: 294.509548

Beschreibung
The scholarship in this collection spans half a century of engagement with south India by one of its most prominent historians. The essays discuss the origins and development of multiple religious traditions and their role in the evolution of a rich and complex socio-religious matrix in pre-colonial South India.
   The emergence of the Brahmanical (Sanskritic) tradition as the dominant or mainstream tradition and the marginalization of the Sramanic religions—Jainism and Buddhism— has rarely been studied in the socio-economic and political context. R. Champakalakshmi debunks the oft-cited simple continuities between the Vedic times and the present day to show how conflicting, even irreconcilable beliefs and practices, were incorporated into the Sanskritic tradition, commonly referred to as Hinduism.
   Reflecting a lifetime of research the subject, this thematically united volume presents a nuanced understanding of different aspects of religions—their social base; their role in the evolution of regional and supra-regional states; and the development of religious communities. It highlights the role of the temple as an institution of integration, an ideological apparatus, and as a symbol of political authority. It also focuses on architecture and iconography as a metaphor for power and equation of king and god. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Making of a Religious Tradition, An Overview
SECTION I: PURANIC RELIGION AND BHAKTI
   1. From Devotion and Dissent to Dominance: The Bhakti of the Tamil Alvar and Nayanar
   2. Puranic Religion and Saiva Tradition
   3. Sankara and Puranic Religion
   4. Vaisnava Concepts in Early Tamil Nadu
SECTION II: CANONICAL TRADITIONS AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
   5. Patikam Patuvar: Ritual Singing as a Means of Communication in Early Medieval South India
   6. Caste and Community: Oscillating Identities in Pre-modern South India
   7. The Matha: Monachism as the Base of an Parallel Authority Structure
SECTION III: COUNTER TRADITIONS
   8. Buddhism in South India: Patterns of Patronage
   9. Jainism in South India: Tamil Nadu and Andhra and Karnataka
   10. From Natural Caverns to Rock-cut and Structural Temples: The Changing Context of the Jaina Religious Tradition
   11. The Bhakti Movement and Religious Conflict in Early Medieval Tamilakam
SECTION IV: TEMPLE AS METAPHOR
   12. Symbol and Metaphor: Temple Architecture and Iconography
   13. Iconographic Programme and Political Imagery in Early Medieval Tamilakam: The Rajasimhesvara and the Rajarajesvara in Early Medieval South India
   14. Bhagavata Scenes in Pallava and Cola Sculptures
   15. Tanjavur, The Ceremonial City
   16. The Dravida Style of Architecture: A Historical Perspective
SECTION V: THE IDEOLOGY OF SOVEREIGNTY
   17. The Sovereignty of the Divine: The Vaisnava Pantheon and Temporal Power
   18. Ideology and the State in Medieval South India

Autorin
R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI retired as Professor of History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was nominated to the Dr S. Radhakrishnan Chair at Central University of Hyderabad (2001) and was the General President of Indian History Congress (2010).

Quellen: Oxford University Press (India); WorldCat; Vedams Books; K.K. Agencies; Scholars without Borders