Haribhaktivilāsa of Sanātana Gosvāmin, Volume One: Mantras, Initiation and Preparing for Worship (Chapters 1-5). Critical Edition and A

by Måns Broo

Sanātana Gosvāmin's Haribhaktivilāsa (ca. 1540) describes the normative ritual life of a Vaiṣṇava devotee. As it is one of the first Sanskrit texts of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition begun by Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya (1486-1533) it presents a fascinating meeting between this ecstatic new religious movement and older, Brahminical tradition.
On the basis of eleven manuscripts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004532803
• ISBN13: 9789004532809
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 844 Pages