How Long to Read Bhakti and Embodiment

How Long Does it Take to Read Bhakti and Embodiment?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 19 minutes to read Bhakti and Embodiment by Barbara A. Holdrege

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The historical shift from Vedic traditions to post-Vedic bhakti (devotional) traditions is accompanied by a shift from abstract, translocal notions of divinity to particularized, localized notions of divinity and a corresponding shift from aniconic to iconic traditions and from temporary sacrificial arenas to established temple sites. In Bhakti and Embodiment Barbara Holdrege argues that the various transformations that characterize this historical shift are a direct consequence of newly emerging discourses of the body in bhakti traditions in which constructions of divine embodiment proliferate, celebrating the notion that a deity, while remaining translocal, can appear in manifold corporeal forms in different times and different localities on different planes of existence. Holdrege suggests that an exploration of the connections between bhakti and embodiment is critical not only to illuminating the distinctive transformations that characterize the emergence of bhakti traditions but also to understanding the myriad forms that bhakti has historically assumed up to the present time. This study is concerned more specifically with the multileveled models of embodiment and systems of bodily practices through which divine bodies and devotional bodies are fashioned in Krsna bhakti traditions and focuses in particular on two case studies: the Bhagavata Purana, the consummate textual monument to Vaisnava bhakti, which expresses a distinctive form of passionate and ecstatic bhakti that is distinguished by its embodied nature; and the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, an important bhakti tradition inspired by the Bengali leader Caitanya in the sixteenth century, which articulates a robust discourse of embodiment pertaining to the divine bodies of Krsna and the devotional bodies of Krsna bhaktas that is grounded in the canonical authority of the Bhagavata Purana.

How long is Bhakti and Embodiment?

Bhakti and Embodiment by Barbara A. Holdrege is 553 pages long, and a total of 139,909 words.

This makes it 187% the length of the average book. It also has 171% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bhakti and Embodiment Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 44 minutes to read Bhakti and Embodiment aloud.

What Reading Level is Bhakti and Embodiment?

Bhakti and Embodiment is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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