Devotional Literature in South Asia; Current Research, 1985-1988
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 1, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780521413114
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Spirituality; Religion - World Religions; Hinduism; Asian And Oriental Religions; Literary Collections; Literature: Classics; ASIA; History and criticism; Asian - General; Hinduism - General; Hindu literature--History and criticism--Cong; Hindu literature--History and criticism--Congresses; Literary Criticism & Collections / Russian & Former Soviet Union; Literary Criticism-Asian - General; Religion / Hinduism; Asian; Bhakti in literature; Congresses; Hindu literature; Islamic literature
First sentence: Already in the early Upanisads, such as the Chandogya and the Brhadaranyaka, dependent on pre-Upanisadic Vedic ritual, an extraordinary importance attaches to food, anna.