Bhakti and Embodiment

Bhakti and Embodiment: Fashioning Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies in K a Bhakti explores the connections between bhakti and embodiment and is concerned with constructions of divine bodies and devotional bodies in K a bhakti traditions in particular. It discusses the historical shift to post-Vedic bhakti traditions and the accompanying transformations. These reflections are grounded in an analysis of two case studies: the Bhagavata Puräa, one of the most important scriptures in the Vai ava bhakti canon, and the Gau iya Vai ava tradition, an important bhakti movement inspired by the sixteenth-century Bengali leader Caitanya.