دانلود کتاب Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World

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Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transcription and Other Conventions
Note on Translation
Introduction: Material Religion
Introduction to the Poem
Date of the Poem
A Reflection on Sources
Forms of the Poet: Story and Sculpture
Conclusion
1 Materiality in Literary Landscapes
Part One: Akam Poetry
Grammatical Framework
Narrative Sequence
Part Two: Development of the Kovai Genre
Sighting
Doubt
Conclusion
2 Locality and Movement
Distance and Rejection
Day and Night Trysting
Crushing Waves: Turmoil and Frenzy
Love, Loyalty, Slander
Conclusion
3 On Mountains, Waterways, and Intoxication
Medieval Maps
Devotion and Elevation
Devotion and Place
Natural Environments and Inhabitants
Birds and Animals
Sensuality in Water and Sound
Mediated Saints
Conclusion
4 Bodily Forms of Devotion
Two Heroes
God-Hero
Human-Hero
The Heroine
The Palm Horse Ordeal
Conclusion
5 Materiality, Ornaments, and Gifts that Glitter
Ornaments in Inscriptions
Kovai as Ornament
Ornaments for the Heroine
Ornaments for Shiva
Union of Devotion and Material Aesthetics
Conclusion
Conclusion
Proximity to Desire
Lovers, Locality, Audience
Transformation
Material Religion: A Kingdom of Riches
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index