God at play, Vol. 1

By:

Mhaimbhat

Contributor(s):

Feldhaus, Anne [Editor & Translator ]

Series: Murty Classical Library of IndiaPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2024.Description: xxxvii, 742p.: pbk.: 20 cmISBN:

9780674295681

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

294.5092 MHA

Summary: God at Play, or Līḷācaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami. His followers, called Mahanubhavs, understand him to be a divine incarnation of Parameshvar. Mhaimbhat, a Brahmin goldsmith who became one of Chakradhar’s most important followers, compiled this astonishingly down-to-earth religious text around 1278. It records not only Chakradhar’s ethical and theological teachings, but also his everyday activities, including the foods he ate and the people he met. This rich, detailed account provides insights into economic conditions, political history, and society in medieval India. Manuscripts of the work were carefully preserved within the Mahanubhav community and were not known to outsiders until the early twentieth century. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674292413

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	294.5092 MHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	035260

Includes Bibliographical References, Glossary, Index and Notes

God at Play, or Līḷācaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami. His followers, called Mahanubhavs, understand him to be a divine incarnation of Parameshvar. Mhaimbhat, a Brahmin goldsmith who became one of Chakradhar’s most important followers, compiled this astonishingly down-to-earth religious text around 1278. It records not only Chakradhar’s ethical and theological teachings, but also his everyday activities, including the foods he ate and the people he met. This rich, detailed account provides insights into economic conditions, political history, and society in medieval India. Manuscripts of the work were carefully preserved within the Mahanubhav community and were not known to outsiders until the early twentieth century.

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674292413

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