Ascetics, kings, and the 'triumphs' of Vaiṣṇavism in Mughal India: myth and memory in the many lives of Krishnadās Payahārī from Rajasthan to the Western Himalayas.
This paper interrogates popular narratives regarding the spread of Vaiṣṇavism in early modern North India through an examination of the memory of the Rāmānandī ascetic and bhakti saint Krishnadās Payahārī. Payahārī is remembered as a pious, Nāth Yogi-defeating wonder worker as well as a powerful fig...
| Publicado en: | South Asian History & Culture Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 53 - 75 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2021
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