The Mahānubhāvs /

"The ascetic devotional sect known as the Mahānubhāvs--'Those of the Great Experience'--arose in thirteenth-century Maharashtra and initially experienced a fairly rapid expansion across the northern and eastern areas of the region. However, by the end of the fourteenth century the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rigopoulos, Antonio, 1962-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Anthem Press 2011.
Series:Cultural, historical and textual studies of religions.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1gxp9jb
Table of Contents:
  • The early historical background and the Mahānubhāvs' Foundational texts
  • The five manifestations of the supreme god Parameśvar
  • Elements of Mahānubhāv doctrine
  • Mahānubhāvs' practice : devotiona and asceticism
  • Mahānubhāvs and other religions.