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Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India
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by Karen Pechilis

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  • Title Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India
  • Author Karen Pechilis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 258
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2015-07-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781138948419 / 1138948411
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.57 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.45 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 894.811

About the author

Karen Pechilis is Professor of Religious Studies and NEH Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Drew University, USA. She is an experienced theorist of devotion and translator of Tamil Śiva-bhakti hymns and their scholarly interpretation. Her previous books are The Embodiment of Bhakti (1999) and The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States (2004).

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Paperback / softback. New. Devotion is a category of expression in many of the world's religious traditions. This book looks at issues involved in academically interpreting religious devotion, as well as exploring the interpretations of religious devotion made by a sixth century poet, a twelfth century biographer, and present-day festival publics. The book focuses on the female poet-saint Karaikkal Ammaiyar, whose poetry is devotional in nature. It discusses the biography written on the poet six centuries after her lifetime, and suggests ways of interpreting Karaikkal Ammaiyar's poetry without using the categories and events promoted by her biographer, in order to engage her own thoughts as they are communicated through the poetry attributed to her. In the same way that the biographer made the poet 'speak' to his present day, the book looks at how festivals held today make both the poetry and the biography relevant to the present day. By discussing how poetry, story and festival… Read More
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