التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
The Presence of the Real: Jalarāmkathā and the Experience of the Transcendent. |
| المؤلفون: |
Wood, Martin |
| المصدر: |
International Journal of Hindu Studies; Apr2022, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p113-134, 22p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HINDUISM, HAGIOGRAPHY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, HINDU saints, SOCIAL action |
| مستخلص: |
Rarely is the presence of the Gujarati saint Jalarām Bāpā (1799–1881) felt more immediately, and indeed collectively, by his devotees in India and throughout the diaspora than when his narrative is recited during the Jalarāmkathā. This article examines the multiexperiential nature of the Jalarāmkathā as it unfolds through various transcendental mediums, all of which center on the kathākār, a public teller of the narrative. It is framed by recent scholarly discussions regarding Robert A. Orsi's suggestion that we need to go beyond the modern, liberal, Western historiographical paradigm and allow the real encounter with the gods to be brought back into scholarly conversation and analysis. In this respect, the article argues that kathā in general, and the Jalarāmkathā in particular, not only provide the conditions for Orsi's notion of "abundant event" to become manifest, whereby the presence of the transcendent is fully experienced by the devotees, but also shed further light upon the notions of "abundant space" and "abundant performance." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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