Caitanya Vaiṣṇavism in Bengal: Social Impact and Historical Implications

by Joseph T O'Connell and Joseph T. O'Connell

Book Overview

Within the broad Hindu religious tradition, there have been for millennia many subtraditions generically called Vaiṣṇava, who insist that the most appropriate mode of religious faith and experience is bhakti, or devotion, to the supreme personal deity, Viṣṇu. Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas are a community of Vaiṣṇava devotees who coalesced around Kṛṣṇa Caitanya (1486-1533), who taught...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367583534
• ISBN13: 9780367583538
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"