The '' bhakti '' tradition emerged in Hinduism in the medieval era , and in it divine madness is described as a total absorption in the divine , complete renunciation and surrender to divinity and the participation in the deity and divine pastime rather than its aping or imitation .
The '' bhakti '' tradition emerged in Hinduism in the medieval era . 
 In the Bengal bhakti traditions , divine madness is described as a total absorption in the divine , complete renunciation and surrender to divinity , and the participation in the deity and divine pastime , rather than its aping or imitation .