A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kar, Nishamani

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Produktbeschreibung

A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult is a rare compendium of insightful essays by eminent Indian scholars on the Mahima Cult, its genesis, and its growth. The volume focuses on Bhima Bhoi, the poet-philosopher and the prime interlocutor of the Renegade Faith, who started a revolt from below to champion human rights. To critically appreciate the Saint-poet Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (Dharma of Glory), the history of the 19th-century Indian sociocultural system, especially that of Odisha and its adjoining states, needs to be reconstructed. Since there is no surviving oral and written text authored by the founder of the cult, Mahima Swami, it is only the unlettered genius Bhima Bhoi, who produced innumerable prayers, hymns, and poetic recitals of profound philosophical import, which made him the legend, the poet-archivist, and historiographer of the Mahima Cult. Bhima was simultaneously the poet of the soul and the soil, who used theology and social experience to provide a supportive sub-structure to a transcendent, ecstatic vision. This volume asserts that Mahima Dharma is an autochthonous reform movement and a regional variation of the Indian Bhakti tradition and mystical poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216338178
• Artikelnr.: 74398213

Autorenporträt

Nishamani Kar is a retired Group 'A' Officer of Govt. of India (Ministry of Defence), superannuated from the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune, as Head of English faculty, and is presently working as the Senior Consultant, 'Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti' (Ministry of Education, Govt. of India).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Mahima¯ Cult
Chapter One: Mahima¯ Dharma: A Revolutionary Religious Movement with
Empathetic Concern for the Suffering, Ganesh Prasad Das
Chapter Two: Mahimadvaita: A Critical and Comparative Study, Saroj Kanta
Kar
Part II: Bhima Bhoi
Chapter Three: Mahima¯ Dharma and Bhima Bhoi, Basant Kumar Dash
Chapter Four: Spiritual Humanism of Bhima Bhoi, Sarat Chandra Panigrahi
Part III: Bhima Bhoi's Poetry (In Translation)
Chapter Five: Translation of Stuti Chintamani (Select Cantos), Gagan Behari
Das
Chapter Six: Decoding Bhima Bhoi's Concept of the Brahman: Transcreation of
Select Bhajans, Satya Siladitya Kar
Part IV: Bhima Bhoi's Poetry: A Critical Review
Chapter Seven: Reflections on Stuti Chinta¯man?i, Ram Chandra Majhi
Chapter Eight: Bhima Bhoi's Concept of Reality in Brahma Nniru¯pan?a Gita¯,
Nandini Mishra
Chapter Nine: Sri Sri Nirbeda Sa¯dhana: A Critical Study, Manoranjan Behura
Part V: Bhima Bhoi's Poetry: A Critical Perspective
Chapter Ten: Bhima Bhoi Discourse and the Politics of Representation,
Santosh Kumar Ratha
Chapter Eleven: Formation of Literary Canon: The Case of Bhima Bhoi, Bijaya
Kumar Nanda
Chapter Twelve: Bhima Bhoi's Poetry: A Sickle to Repeal and a Potion to
Heal, Kedar Mishra
Part VI: Bhima Bhoi From A Comparative Viewpoint
Chapter Thirteen: Against Secularisation: A Note on Bhakti Poetry of
Tukaram and Bhima Bhoi, Madhusudan Pati
Chapter Fourteen: The Occult and the Religion of Humanism in Bhima Bhoi and
Achyutananda Dasa, Nigamananda Das
Chapter Fifteen: Religious Traditions in Odisha: Reflection on Pachasakha's
"Bhakti" and Bhima Bhoi's "Mahima¯ Bhakti Ma¯rga", Fanindam Deo
Conclusion
Index
About the Contributors