Textual Authority In Classical Indian Thought: Ramanuja And The Vishnu Purana (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)

Theistic Vedanta originated with Ramanuja (1077-1157) was an initiate of the Srivaisnava sectarian tradition in South India. One of the processes by which the authority of the Srivaisnavas was consolidated was Ramanuja's synthesis of popular Hindu devotionalism with the philosophy of Vedanta. This book demonstrates that by incorporating a text often thought to be of secondary importance - the Visnu Purana (1st-4th CE) - into his reading of the Upanisads, which were the standard of orthodoxy for Vedanta philosophy, Ramanuja was able to interpret Vedanta within the theistic context of Srivaisnavism. It contributes new insights to broader issues in religious studies such as canon expansion, commentarial interpretation, tradition-building, and the comparative study of scripture.

• | Author: Sucharita Adluri
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 17, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 170 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415695759
• | ISBN-13: 9780415695756