{"product_id":"self-surrender-prapatti-to-god-in-srilata-raman-9780415391856","title":"Self-Surrender (Prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism: Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth and thirteenth century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. This original study shows that medieval sectarian formation in its theological dimension is a fluid and ambivalent enterprise, where conflict and differentiation are presaged on \"sharing\", whether of a common canon, saint or rituals or two languages (Tamil and Sanskrit), or of a \"meta-social\" arena such as the temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSrilata Mueller, a member of the Shrivaishnava community, argues that the core ideas of prapatti in these religious texts reveal the description of a heterogeneous theological concept. Demonstrating that this concept is theologically moulded by the emergence of new literary genres, Mueller puts forward the idea that this original understanding of prapatti is a major contributory cause to the emergence of sectarian divisions among the Shrivaishnavas, which lead to the formation of two sub-sects, the Tenkalai and the Vatakalia, who stand respectively, for the \"cat\" and \"monkey\" theological positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion, this text provides a new intellectual history of medieval Indian religion. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Shrivaishnava and also Hindu and Indian religious studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Srilata Raman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415391857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415391856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.56w x 0.77d","brand":"Srilata Raman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064910360831,"sku":"9780415391856","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfe9bd72-2586-48df-847f-9b26148069a2.jpg?v=1768671859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-surrender-prapatti-to-god-in-srilata-raman-9780415391856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}