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The image of an individual is usually a result of accretions of motifs in history. However most modern biographies crucial for popularizing Ramanuja have overlooked this fact. Emphasizing the dialogic interaction between the hagiographies and biographies, this study argues that the two cannot always be understood merely within the binaries of the sacred and the secular.
Based upon a range of historical sources, the book delineates various moments of interactions ...
Based upon a number of historical sources, the volume examines long-term trends that have enabled situating Ramanuja, who is associated with the Vaisnava tradition, within the tradition of the Srivaisnava community as well as in the empirical historical situation. It studies the actions of Ramanuja, his image as an acharya and the manner in which Srivaisnava beliefs came to be projected in relation to him. It elucidates the deep interplay between religious ...