Scholar Intellectuals in Early Modern India: Discipline, Sect, Lineage and Community

Author:   Rosalind O'Hanlon (Oxford University, UK) ,  Christopher Minkowski (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Anand Venkatkrishnan (Columbia University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   194
Publication Date:   20 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rosalind O'Hanlon (Oxford University, UK) ,  Christopher Minkowski (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Anand Venkatkrishnan (Columbia University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781138905702


ISBN 10:   1138905704
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   20 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Social history in the study of Indian intellectual cultures? 2. South meets North: Banaras from the perspective of Appayya Dīkṣita 3. ‘Disagreement without disrespect’: transitions in a lineage from Bhaṭṭoji to Nāgeśa 4. Public philology: text criticism and the sectarianization of Hinduism in early modern south India 5. Eknāth in context: the literary, social, and political milieus of an early modern saint-poet 6. Freed by the weight of history: polemic and doxography in sixteenth century Vedānta 7. Discourses of caste over the longue durée: Gopīnātha and social classification in India, ca. 1400–1900 8. Darbār, maṭha, devasthānam: the politics of intellectual commitment and religious organization in sixteenth-century South India 9. Ritual, reflection, and religion: the Devas of Banaras 10. Envisioning the social order in a southern port city: the Tamil diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai

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Christopher Minkowski is Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Rosalind O’Hanlon is Professor of Indian History and Culture, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Anand Venkatkrishnan is a senior research student in the Department of Religion, Columbia University.

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