Empowering the Sacred: The function of the Sanskrit text in a contemporary exposition of the Bhagavatapurana
Description
The Bha¯gavatapura¯na is one of the master-texts of the Sanskritic archive and is the foundational source of narratives relating to the deity Krsna. Since it reached its current form about a millennium ago, public oral 'performances' of the text have been sponsored as a means of accumulating religious and social capital. These week-long events are a significant form of contemporary religious practice in the Hindu cultural world, but have received little or no scholarly attention. In this paper...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
---|---|
Date published: | 2012 |
Type: | Book chapter |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51236 |
Download
File | Description | Size | Format | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
01_Taylor_Empowering_the_Sacred:_The_2012.pdf | 526.95 kB | Adobe PDF | Request a copy | |
02_Taylor_Empowering_the_Sacred:_The_2012.pdf | 4.09 MB | Adobe PDF | Request a copy |
Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Updated: 19 May 2020/ Responsible Officer: University Librarian/ Page Contact: Library Systems & Web Coordinator