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Va i s.n.ava emblem (u ̄rdhvapun.d.ra) applied on the body and the order of dishes served during a meal (Siauve 1978, Mumme 1988 ...

and known from fifteenth-century inscriptions. Heads of S ́rı ̄vais.n.ava monaster- ies generally were (and still are) Brahmins ...

Madhva’s works often quote from Pa ̄ñcara ̄tra texts which he considers as author- itative as the Veda because, according to him ...

Purandarada ̄sa (sixteenth century), who contributed greatly to Carnatic music, was a follower of the Harida ̄saku ̄t.a (Sharma ...

over India. He composed doctrinal texts, devotional hymns, and an elaborate ritual treatise the Kramadı ̄pika ̄, which influence ...

North Indian Traditions from Thirteenth Century While the four Vais.n.ava schools of Veda ̄nta were building or achieving their ...

mostly in Rajasthan (Farquhar 1967: 344–6; Renou 1985a: 660). Only those that are relatively better documented will be mentioned ...

Ra ̄mada ̄sa (1608–81), an ascetic follower of the Va ̄rakarı ̄pantha, founded his own tradition (the Ra ̄mada ̄sasamprada ̄ya) ...

Tantric heritage and its following consisted of twice-born Hindus as well as untouchables, women, and converted Muslims (Burghar ...

Harida ̄sa belongs to the sixteenth century according to modern research. His hagiography seems generally unreliable. The canon ...

knowledge and built religious doctrines rather than scholastic philosophies on the lines of the Vais.n.ava schools of Veda ̄nta ...

followers. He delegated the guidance of the Vallabha tradition among his seven sons, each of them in charge of one or several di ...

Caitanya’s affiliation with the Ma ̄dhva tradition is a late construction. His fol- lowers came to be known as Gaud.ı ̄yavais.n. ...

Little is known about Hitaharivam.s ́a (1502–52) and the tradition of the Ra ̄dha ̄vallabhı ̄s (mentioned in Na ̄bha ̄da ̄sa’s B ...

conducts such practices as the repetition of Kr.s.n.a’s names. The second stage involves ritualized copulation with meditation o ...

sixteenth-century Caitanya texts quote the Gautamı ̄yatantra as their authority. Later tantras like the I ̄s ́a ̄nasam.hita ̄ an ...

Conclusion Va i s.n.ava traditions did not develop in themselves and by themselves. They were under constant pressure from polit ...

Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens44: 101–34) was published after I had submit- ted the manuscript of my chapter (April 2000) s ...

——. 1953. Inscriptions du Cambodge, vol. V. Paris. —— and Dupont, P. 1937 “Les inscriptions du Pràsàt Kôk Pô,” BEFEO37: 379–411. ...

Haynes, R. D. 1974. “Sva ̄mı ̄ Harida ̄s and the Harida ̄sı ̄ Samprada ̄y.” Ph.D. thesis, University of Pennsylvania. Hopkins, T ...