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| Bhakti and Tantra Intertwined: the Explorations of the Tamil Poetess KāRaikkāL Ammaiyār | ||
| 作者 | Pechilis, Karen |
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| 出處題名 | International Journal of Dharma Studies |
| 卷期 | v.4 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2016.12 |
| 頁次 | 1 - 10 |
| 出版者 | SpringerOpen |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.springeropen.com |
| 出版地 | Heidelberg, Germany [海德堡, 德國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Bhakti; Tantra; Tamil; Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār |
| 摘要 | Towards contributing to historical understanding and theorizing of the relationships between bhakti and Tantra, this article analyzes their intersection in the poetry of the Tamil Śaiva saint, Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār. This poet-saint is dated by scholars to 550 CE and is understood by Tamil Śiva-bhakti tradition to have been the earliest bhakti devotee to Śiva in a group that includes dozens of named others. However, her bhakti vision is distinctive in that she foregrounds the cremation ground in her poetry. Investigating the cultural literary context for her choice, this paper argues that she intertwines bhakti and Tantra in her formulations. While Tamil literature established a contrast between nāṭu (town) and kāṭu (cremation ground) and included Buddhist exploration of the religious significance of kāṭu, Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār’s nearest of kin is the Śaiva Tantrikas. Historically, she stands at the juncture between the established Atimārga and the developing Mantramārga Tantric groups, whose ritual practices represented the cremation ground as a potent place to access Śiva. Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār’s poetry concords with that view, but her emphasis is on an exploratory, unscripted encounter with the divine. Her poetry suggests a period of fluidity between the paths of bhakti and Tantra prior to their overlapping yet contested developments in the medieval period. |
| 目次 | Background 1 The Cremation Ground: Tamil Sources 2 The Cremation Ground: Tantric Sources 4 The Cremation Ground: Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār’s Bhakti View 5 Conclusion 7 Endnotes 9 References 10 |
| ISSN | 21968802 (E) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40613-016-0024-x |
| 點閱次數 | 145 |
| 建檔日期 | 2017.03.21 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.05.11 |
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