Reading Syed Abdul Malik’s Dhanya Nara Tanu Bhaland Rudrani Sarma’s Lauhitya Tirar Amrit Gathain the light of Assamese Vaishnavite Hagiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13016222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dhurjjati Sarma (0000-0002-3808-0152, Gauhati University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 39-44 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Culture India (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-8396 • E-ISSN: 2052-8396 |
| Publisher | ACCB Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.20896/saci.v4i2.222 |
| OpenAlex | W2555290207 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
As part of the pan-Indian Bhakti movement, the Neo-Vaishnavite movement sought to reform the decadent modes of worship practiced in medieval Assam and, in the process, moved beyond the religious confines of the sectarian domain to influence the socio-cultural life of the milieu to which it addressed itself. An important document which enables a reading pertaining to the stated framework is the hagiography. In a hagiographic tradition, the biographical account of the saint is continually juxtaposed with the socio-cultural ethos of the contemporary spatio-temporal frameworks
Art · Art history · Assamese · Ethos · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · SAINT · Theology · Worship · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |