Mani Rao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891070 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mani Rao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mani |
| FAMILY NAME | Rao |
| SIGNATURE | RAO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Experience of Srividya at Devipuram
This essay discusses the religious experience of Srividya practices at Devipuram in Andhra Pradesh, South India, based on ethnographic studies conducted in 2014 and 2015. A summary of phenomena described by Amritanandanatha Saraswati in his memoirs situates the background. Interviews with three disciples of Amritananda probe their visionary experiences, practical methodologies and relationships with the Goddess. An inter-textual study of intervie…
A Brief History of the Bhagavad Gita's Modern Canonization
Believed to have been written well over 2000 years ago, the Gita's original social, cultural, and religious or philosophical context is far removed from the context of the present, and it is written in a language no longer used in daily speech. In its original form, it was not even a complete, independent text, it was a small part of the Mahabharata epic and only one of many texts expounding vedantic ideas. Yet, the Gita enjoys currency, new tran…
Ecological Imperialism
Ecological Imperialism
A Brief History of the Bhagavad Gita's Modern Canonization
Believed to have been written well over 2000 years ago, the Gita's original social, cultural, and religious or philosophical context is far removed from the context of the present, and it is written in a language no longer used in daily speech. In its original form, it was not even a complete, independent text, it was a small part of the Mahabharata epic and only one of many texts expounding vedantic ideas. Yet, the Gita enjoys currency, new tran…
Ecological Imperialism
A Brief History of the Bhagavad Gita's Modern Canonization
Believed to have been written well over 2000 years ago, the Gita's original social, cultural, and religious or philosophical context is far removed from the context of the present, and it is written in a language no longer used in daily speech. In its original form, it was not even a complete, independent text, it was a small part of the Mahabharata epic and only one of many texts expounding vedantic ideas. Yet, the Gita enjoys currency, new tran…
The Experience of Srividya at Devipuram
This essay discusses the religious experience of Srividya practices at Devipuram in Andhra Pradesh, South India, based on ethnographic studies conducted in 2014 and 2015. A summary of phenomena described by Amritanandanatha Saraswati in his memoirs situates the background. Interviews with three disciples of Amritananda probe their visionary experiences, practical methodologies and relationships with the Goddess. An inter-textual study of intervie…
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)