Bhakti Religion in North India: (Record no. 38897)
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| fixed length control field | 02106nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788173041716 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.50954 |
| Item number | BHA- |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bhakti Religion in North India: |
| Sub Title | Community Identity and Political Action/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by David N. Lorenzen |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New york: |
| Name of publisher | The State university of New York, |
| Year of publication | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 331p. |
| Other physical details | Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In India, religion continues to be an absolutely vital source for social as well as personal identity. All manner of groups--political, occupational, and social--remain grounded in specific religious communities. This book analyzes the development of the modern Hindu and Sikh communities in North India starting from about the fifteenth century, when the dominant bhakti tradition of Hinduism became divided into two currents: the sagun and the nirgun.<br/><br/>The sagun current, led mostly by Brahmins, has remained dominant in most of North India and has served as the ideological base of the development of modern Hindu nationalism. Several chapters explore the rise of this religious and political movement, paying particular attention to the role played by devotion to Ram. Alternative trends do exist in sagun tradition, however, and are represented here by chapters on the low-caste saint Chokhamel and the tantric sect founded by Kina Ram.<br/><br/>The nirgun current, led mostly by persons of Ksand artisan castes, formed the base of both the Sikh community, founded by Guru Nanak, and of various non-Brahmin sectarian movements derived from such saints as Kabir, Raidas, Dadu, and Shiv Dayal Singh. Two chapters discuss the formation of a distinctive Sikh theology and a Sikh community identity separate from that of the Hindus. Other chapters discuss the validity of the sagun-nirgun distinction within Hindu tradition and the interplay of social and religious ideas in nirgun hagiographic texts and in sectarian movements such as the Adi Dharma Mission and the Radhasoami Satsang. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Bhakti Religion |
| Geographic subdivision | North india |
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| Topical Term | Hinduism |
| Geographic subdivision | North india |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lorenzen, David N |
| Relator term | editor. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2024-03-18 | Rajasthani Granthagar | 934.99 | 294.50954 BHA- | 54052 | 1295.00 | 2024-04-22 | Books |