This book explores the history and role of hagiographies and their impact on the growth and evolution of a biographical tradition. Focusing on Ramanuja, one of the foremost reformers and Vaisnava saints, it presents the hagiographical accounts of his life within the historical context of the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries when the processes of canonization took place.
This book explores the history and role of hagiographies and their impact on the growth and evolution of a biographical tradition. Focusing on Ramanuja, one of the foremost reformers and Vaisnava saints, it presents the hagiographical accounts of his life within the historical context of the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries when the processes of canonization took place.
Ranjeeta Dutta is Assistant Professor, Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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Acknowledgements 1. Encountering R?m?nuja: Some Preliminaries 2. Texts, Tradition and the ?r?vai??ava Community 3. Texts, Contexts and the ?r?vai??ava Community 4. R?m?nuja as an ?c?rya 5. Devotion and Dissent: R?m?nuja as a "Social Reformer" 6. From Hagiographies to Biographies: Some Concluding Bibliography Index About the Author
Acknowledgements 1. Encountering R?m?nuja: Some Preliminaries 2. Texts, Tradition and the ?r?vai??ava Community 3. Texts, Contexts and the ?r?vai??ava Community 4. R?m?nuja as an ?c?rya 5. Devotion and Dissent: R?m?nuja as a "Social Reformer" 6. From Hagiographies to Biographies: Some Concluding Bibliography Index About the Author
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