Mother of my heart, daughter of my dreams: Kali and Uma in the devotional poetry of Bengal
Rachel Fell McDermott
Mother of my heart, daughter of my dreams: Kali and Uma in the devotional poetry of Bengal
المؤلف
Rachel Fell McDermottالناشر
Oxford University Pressطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
Mother of my heart, daughter of my dreams: Kali and Uma in the devotional poetry of Bengal / Rachel Fell McDermottبيانات النشر
نیویورک : Oxford University Press، 2001مالمواصفات الشكلية
xvii, 437 p.: ill.; 25 cm.الموضوع
Devotional poetry, Bengali Translations into EnglishKali (Hindu deity) Poetry
Uma (Hindu deity) Poetry
اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 114 - 224( and index.
المحتويات
Machine generated contents note: Part I The Lives and Contexts of Sakta Poets -- 1. The Historical Background in Bengal 15 -- The Rise of Zamindaris in Late Mughal Bengal 17 -- The Maratha Raids 20 -- The Expansion of British Power 22 -- The Famine of 1770 25 -- Zamindaris and British Policies in the Late Eighteenth and Early -- Nineteenth Centuries 26 -- Zamindari Patronage of Religion and the Arts 28 -- Why Sakta Poetry, Now? 31 -- The Nouveaux Riches of Calcutta and the Place of Sakta Poetry 33 -- I Building Fences with Kali: Ranprasad Sen and the Popularization -- of the Tantric Goddess 37 -- Searching for Ramprasid 37 -- Manuscripts and Monuments: The History of Ramprasad's "Recovery" 40 -- Creating the Composite Portrait:Three Case Studies 63 -- Making Inferences 78 -- 3. "Born in Ranprasad's Line to Revive Bhakti": Sadhaka -- Kamalakanta 84 -- Ambushed by Dacoits with Kamalakanta 84 -- Rajas, Citizens, and Devotees Unite: Preserving Kamalakanta -- for Posterity 85 -- Charting Kamalakanta's Changes:Three Case Studies 107 -- Historical Judgments Revisited 122 -- 4. Inheritors of Tradition: Floating in the Sakta Stream 128 -- Wigs or No Wigs? The Guises of Kial's Bards 128 -- "Like Ramprasid and Kamalakanta": Literary Heirs 131 -- More Moons and Meat:The Legacy of Bengali Sikta Sadhakas 145 -- Where are Kl5's Daughters? 147 -- Selecting the Best Representatives of Sakta "Pastness" 154 -- Part II The Changing Genre of Sfkta Poetry -- 5. Setting the Literary and Religious Scene in Eighteenth-Century -- Bengal 161 -- On Whose Shoulders? Textual Precedents for Eighteenth-Century -- Innovators 162 -- Temples, Pijas, and Image Veneration: Ritual Resources 172 -- 6. Dancing on the Heart-Lotus: Kili and the Ramprasads of -- Bengali Literature 176 -- Texts, Editions, and Musical Notations 176 -- The KalT-centered Poetry (Syimi-safigfta) 178 -- The Uma-centered Poetry (Uma-sangita) 200 -- A Mellowing Poet? 202 -- 7. Keeping the Legacy Alive: Kamalakanta Bhattacarya and the -- akta Padavali Tradition 204 -- Texts, Editions, and Musical Notations 204 -- The Kail-centered Poetry (Syaim-safigfta) 205 -- The Umi-centered Poetry (Umi-safgita) 224 -- Ramprasid and Kamalakinta: Evolving Trends in the Genre 230 -- 8. "Ma, Come and Stay Awhile": Kall and Uma in Eighteenth- -- to Twentieth-Century Bengali Poetry 232 -- The Intersection of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Bengali Literature -- with Interest in the Goddess 232 -- Carrying the Tune: NewVoices for Kai 237 -- Pining for Uma, Bringing Her Home: Songs to the Mountain's -- Daughter 275 -- Conclusion: Bhakti's Balm in Bengal 286 -- Tantra and Bhakti:The Pendulum Swings 286 -- Interpreting Bhakti's Role 292 -- The Changing of the Gods in South Asian Religious Traditions 298 -- GLOSSARY 305 -- NOTES 317 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 411 -- INDEX 423