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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs |
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Oxford theology and religion monographs.
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Cover -- Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Human Suffering and Divine Play -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1: Introduction: "What Sort of Thing Is the Bhāgavata?" -- What Is the Bhāgavata? -- Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa -- The Bhāgavata's Narratives as a Theological Lens -- A Word about Sources -- 2: Māyā in the Bhāgavata and Preceding Texts: From Deluding Power to Divine Feminine -- Māyā in the Vedas -- Māyā in the Upaniṣads -- Māyā in the Mahābhārata -- Śaṅkara's Nondualist Conception of Māyā |
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8: Origins, Bondage, Liberation, and Grace: Of Cats, Monkeys, and Children in Wells -- The Bhāgavata Asserts that Bondage Has a Beginning -- The Bhāgavata Asserts that Bondage is Beginningless -- The Bhāgavata's Resolution -- Individual Effort and Grace in the Attainment of Liberation -- A Brief Overview of the Bhāgavata's Position on Grace -- The Bhāgavata Speaks of Nārada's Life -- Caste and Freedom from Māyā -- Hearing the Bhāgavata -- 9: Epilogue: A Relevant Bit of Nineteenth-Century History -- APPENDIX I: Uses of the Word Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa |
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Dual Roles of Māyā -- 6: The Bhāgavata Speaks of Woman: "Temptress" or "Highest Embodiment of Love"? -- Woman as Temptress -- The Cause of Temptation: Passion not Woman -- Women as the Highest Devotees of Kṛṣṇa -- 7: The Bhāgavata Speaks of Human Suffering: "May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step" -- The Problem of Suffering in the Vedānta-sūtra -- The Problem of Suffering in the Bhāgavata -- Time as the Cause of Suffering -- Destiny as the Cause of Suffering -- Suffering as the Mercy of God -- The Purpose of Suffering in the Bhāgavata |
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Purañjana: The Embodied Self -- The Queen and Her Ten Bodyguards: the Intellect and the Senses -- The Eleventh Bodyguard: The Mind -- Caṇḍavega: Time -- The Serpent: The Vital Air -- The Relation between Purāṇajana and His Queen -- The Relation between Purañjana and His Unknown Friend (Paramātmā) -- 5: Māyā's Role in the Absolute Realm: The Architect of Kṛṣṇa's Delights -- Kṛṣṇa and His Mother, Yaśodā -- Yaśodā Binds Kṛṣṇa with Rope -- Distinguishing Love from Lust, the Object from Its Reflection -- Kṛṣṇa and the Rāsa-līlā -- Yoga-māyā in the Rāsa-līlā |
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The Vaiṣṇava Response to Śaṅkara -- The Bhāgavata Conception of Māyā -- Yoga-māyā Personified as the Divine Feminine -- Yoga and Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāna -- 3: Māyā's Relation to the Temporal Realm: The Sāṁkhya of the Bhāgavata -- The Distinguishing Feature of the Bhāgavata's Sāṁ khya System -- The False Self (Ahaṁ kāra) -- The Bhāgavata's Theory of Manifestation -- The Guṇas Role in the Metaphysics of the Bhāgavata -- 4: Māyā in Relation to the Human Condition: Of Dreams and Allegorical Themes -- The Allegorical City of Nine Gates -- Īśvara-the Eternal Friend |
| Summary |
This is the first in-depth study to analyse the highly developed theology of Māyā throughout the Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. It focuses on Māyā's identification with the divine feminine and analyses its relationship with other key concepts in the text, such as human suffering, devotion, and divine play |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Puranas. Bhāgavatapurāṇa
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Puranas. Bhāgavatapurāṇa. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/01356355 |
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Maya (Hinduism)
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Maya (Hinduism)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191890111 |
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0192599054 |
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9780191890116 |
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9780192599056 |
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