The Experience of Srividya at Devipuram
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3236261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mani Rao (Film Independent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10010014 |
| OpenAlex | W2906929182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
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 interviews, memoirs and narratives helps identify a theme of vision and embodiment-in particular, the aniconic graphic form of the Goddess, the Sriyantra, which is experienced as embodied within the practitioner
Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Literature · Memoir · Narrative · Sociology · World Wide Web · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |