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Chaitanya

by Sen Amiya P.
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780199493838
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: History
  • Publisher: Oxford UP
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 240
  • Original Price: INR 795.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 500 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

About the Book This is a fresh attempt at historically reconstructing on a popular and accessible level, the life and times of the medieval Hindu -Vaishnava mystic, Chaitanya. In this short work, I consciously keep away from both hagiographic accounts of the saint as also such works that treat him and his religious faith rather superficially. An important part of this work is the study of how Chaitanya came to be understood and internalized in post-Chaitanya Bengal, particularly in the environment of a burgeoning cultural nationalism of late nineteenth century. For this reason, my work focuses on Chaitanya alone and on his intimate companions rather than produce a history of Vaishnavism in Bengal such as has been attempted before. Using a wide range of extant sources both in English and Bengali languages, this work also attempts to raise certain key theoretical questions concerning the relationship between Chaitanya and the movement that followed him, albeit in a manner that is more engaging than pedantic.


Amiya P. Sen, Retired Professor, Department of History & Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia

Amiya P. Sen is an historian by training with a special interest in the intellectual and cultural history of colonial Bengal. He has held Visiting Fellowships/Professorships to the IIAS, Shimla, NMML, New Delhi, St. Antony's College, Oxford, the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, and the University of Heidlberg. To date he has authored and edited 13 books.

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