{"product_id":"vedanta-bhakti-and-their-early-modern-sources-9783111063188","title":"Vedānta, Bhakti, and Their Early Modern Sources","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume considers the \u003cem\u003ePrabodhacandrodaya Nāṭaka\u003c\/em\u003e (c. 1760 CE), an allegorical drama composed by Brajvāsīdās in Brajbhāṣā. It contributes to the study of vernacular \u003cem\u003enāṭaka\u003c\/em\u003es with its first complete English translation. Moreover, the critical analysis shows that the foundational Sanskrit texts for Vedānta and those for Bhakti play a part in the \u003cem\u003ePrabodhacandrodaya Nāṭaka\u003c\/em\u003e’s philosophical and religious edifice. At the same time, the investigation demonstrates that Brajvāsīdās expresses several philosophical ideas by adaptively reusing the \u003cem\u003eRāmcaritmānas\u003c\/em\u003e by Tulsīdās (c. 1574 CE). Brajvāsīdās composes a \u003cem\u003edohā\u003c\/em\u003e by combining one line of his invention with a line from the \u003cem\u003eMānas\u003c\/em\u003e. This method is employed throughout all the personified metaphysical concepts. That Brajvāsī not only read Bhakti but also Vedānta through the \u003cem\u003eRāmcaritmānas\u003c\/em\u003e highlights the philosophical and literary creativity in 18th c. North India. It points to the necessity to rethink the sources of Vedānta philosophies, by including works non-conventional for language and genre, because not in Sanskrit and not \u003cem\u003eśāstra\u003c\/em\u003es. Such sources may not be original in their contribution per se but are essential to understand how early modern philosophy was done, conceived and transmitted. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosina Pastore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48262874267899,"sku":"9783111063188","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_88b43915-2347-45ff-98e3-4b52adccbd0a.jpg?v=1774516267","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/vedanta-bhakti-and-their-early-modern-sources-9783111063188","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}