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Emotions in Indian thought-systems
Title
Emotions in Indian thought-systems / editors, Purushottama Bilimoria, Aleksandra Wenta.
ISBN
0367818604 (electronic bk.)
9780367818609 (electronic bk.)
0815373252
1138859354
9780815373254
9781138859357
Publication
New Delhi : Routledge, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 289 pages.)
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Summary
A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical-religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of
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Emotions in Indian thought systems
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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English
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October 04, 2024
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems: An Introduction / Purushottama Bilimoria and Aleksandra Wenta
Part I: Tantrism
1. Passions and Emotions in the Indian Philosophical-Religious Traditions / Raffaele Torella
2. Intensity of Emotions: A Way to Liberation in the Advaita Śaiva Āgamas and Their Exegetes / Bettina Sharada Bäumer
3. Between Fear and Heroism: The Tantric Path to Liberation / Aleksandra Wenta
Part II: The Bhakti Movement
4. Principal Emotions Contributing to the Supreme Love of Śiva: A Study of Early Śaiva Hymnal Corpus / T. Ganesan
5. Love Never Tasted Quite Like This Before: Śṛṅgāra-rasa in the Light of Two Texts from a Sahajiyā Vaiṣṇava Notebook / Neal Delmonico and Aditi Nath Sarkar
Part III: Buddhism, Pātañjala Yoga and Śaiva Siddhānta
6. The Buddhist Psychology of Emotions / Varun Kumar Tripathi
7. Between Impetus, Fear and Disgust: `Desire for Emancipation' (Saṃvega) from Early Buddhism to Pātañjala Yoga and Śaiva Siddhānta / Andrea Acri
Part IV: Aesthetics
8. Moha Kāla: Aporias of Emotion in Indian Reflective Traditions / D. Venkat Rao
9. Aesthetics of Despair / Sharad Deshpande.
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