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A Vaisnava Poet in Early Modern Bengal: Kavikarnapura's Splendour of Speech
Contributor(s): Lutjeharms, Rembert (Author)

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 ISBN: 0198827105     ISBN-13: 9780198827108
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $133.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Hinduism - Theology
- Religion | Hinduism - Sacred Writings
- Literary Collections | Asian - Indic
Dewey: 891.21
LCCN: 2017963847
Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" L (1.58 lbs) 384 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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This book examines the practice of poetry in the devotional Vaishnva tradition inspired by Sri Krishna Caitanya (1486-1533), through a detailed study of the Sanskrit poetic works of Kavikarnapura, one of the most significant sixteenth-century Caitanya Vaishnava poets and theologians. It places
his ideas in the context both of Sanskrit literary theory (by exploring his use of earlier works of Sanskrit criticism) and of Vaishnava theology (by tracing the origins of his theological ideas to earlier Vaishnava teachers, especially his guru Srinatha). Both Kavikarnapura's poetics as well as the
style of his poetry is in many ways at odds with those of his time, particularly with respect to the place of phonetic ornamentation and rasa. Like later early modern theorists, Kavikarnapura reaches back to the earliest Sanskrit poeticians whom he attempts to harmonise with the theories current in
his time, to develop a new poetics that values both literary ornamentation and the suggestion of emotion through rasa. This book argues that the reasons of and purposes for Kavikarnapura's literary innovations are firmly rooted in his unique Vaishnava theology, and exemplifies this through a careful
reading of select passages from the Ananda-vandavana, his poetic retelling of Krishna's play in Vandavana.
 
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