Christian Devotional Poetry and Sanskrit Hermeneutics

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Christian Devotional Poetry and Sanskrit Hermeneutics "
Namrata Chaturvedi

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1068977
Doc. No	:	LA112606
Call No	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00101005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Namrata Chaturvedi
Title & Author	:	Christian Devotional Poetry and Sanskrit Hermeneutics [Article]\ Namrata Chaturvedi
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Asian Christianity
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/1
Page No	:	64–90
Abstract	:	This paper focuses on exploring dhvani as a hermeneutical tool for reading Christian devotional literature. Dhvani is a theory of poetic suggestion proposed by Ānandavardhana in the eighth century and elaborated upon by Abhinavagupta in the eleventh century that posits layers of semantics in poetic language. By focusing on the devotional poetry of the seventeenth-century religious poets of England, this paper argues for Ānandavardhana’s proposed poetics of suggestion as an enabling way of reading and cognizing devotion as a psycho emotive process. In the context of Indian Christianity, dhvani has been suggested by certain scholars as also enriching the possibilities of interfaith dialogue. This paper argues for incorporating poetic frameworks like dhvani as modes of interfaith dialogue, especially when reading Christian texts in India. This paper focuses on exploring dhvani as a hermeneutical tool for reading Christian devotional literature. Dhvani is a theory of poetic suggestion proposed by Ānandavardhana in the eighth century and elaborated upon by Abhinavagupta in the eleventh century that posits layers of semantics in poetic language. By focusing on the devotional poetry of the seventeenth-century religious poets of England, this paper argues for Ānandavardhana’s proposed poetics of suggestion as an enabling way of reading and cognizing devotion as a psycho emotive process. In the context of Indian Christianity, dhvani has been suggested by certain scholars as also enriching the possibilities of interfaith dialogue. This paper argues for incorporating poetic frameworks like dhvani as modes of interfaith dialogue, especially when reading Christian texts in India.
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Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00101005‬