Andal and Akka Mahadevi: feminity to divinity
Tyagi, Alka
₹ 650.00
This book helps one understand bhakti in its historical, philosophical and social persepectives.Two medieval women, Andal, from Tamil Srivaisnavite tradition, and Akka Mahadevi, from Virasaivite tradition, with their poetic renderings and life, are in focus. It also helps to extricate bhakti experience from its mystical aura and make it more accessible to our perceptive faculties.
ISBN 13: 9788124607169
ISBN 10: 8124607168
Year: 2014
Language: ENGLISH
Pages etc.: xvii+278p., app., bibl., ind., 23cm.
Binding: Hardbound
Subject(s): Philosophy, Sociology
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