Against Vaiṣṇava Deviance: Brāhmaṇical and Bhadralok Alliance in Bengal

Religions

Lucian Wong¹ 

[1] Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK;

关键词: Gauḍīya;    Vaiṣṇava;    Bengal;    brāhmaṇa;    bhadralok;    sahajiyā;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel9020057

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article sets out to problematise the notion that late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vaiṣṇava anti-sahajiyā polemics can be taken as a definitive index of colonial wrought rupture within Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism. It proceeds by (1) drawing attention to oblique, yet unmistakably polemical, forms of response to sahajiyā currents in pre-colonial Gauḍīya literature that are indicative of a movement towards a brāhmaṇically-aligned Vaiṣṇava normativity; and (2) highlighting how this movement towards normativity was further fostered in colonial times by Gauḍīya gosvāmī types, who were often extensively involved in bhadralok Vaiṣṇava domains.

【 授权许可】

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