{"product_id":"self-surrender-prapatti-to-god-in-shrivaishnavism-tamil-cats-or-sanskrit-monkeys-9780415544641","title":"Self-Surrender (Prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism: Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Srilata Raman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hinduism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth and thirteenth century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. This original study shows that medieval sectarian formation in its theological dimension is a fluid and ambivalent enterprise, where conflict and differentiation are presaged on \"sharing\", whether of a common canon, saint or rituals or two languages (Tamil and Sanskrit), or of a \"meta-social\" arena such as the temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSrilata Mueller, a member of the Shrivaishnava community, argues that the core ideas of prapatti in these religious texts reveal the description of a heterogeneous theological concept. Demonstrating that this concept is theologically moulded by the emergence of new literary genres, Mueller puts forward the idea that this original understanding of prapatti is a major contributory cause to the emergence of sectarian divisions among the Shrivaishnavas, which lead to the formation of two sub-sects, the Tenkalai and the Vatakalia, who stand respectively, for the \"cat\" and \"monkey\" theological positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion, this text provides a new intellectual history of medieval Indian religion. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Shrivaishnava and also Hindu and Indian religious studies. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46883267674263,"sku":"9780415544641","price":8012.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415544641.webp?v=1770238590","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/self-surrender-prapatti-to-god-in-shrivaishnavism-tamil-cats-or-sanskrit-monkeys-9780415544641","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}