TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jagannathan, Bharati
TI  - Approaching the Divine: The Integration of Alvar Bhakti in Srivaisnavism 
SN  - 9789384082130
U1  - 294.5512 JAG 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Delhi : 
PB  -  Primus Books
KW  - Alvars Criticism, interpretation
KW  - Bhakti Hinduism History
KW  - Tamil literature History and criticism
KW  - Vaishnavism India Tamil Nadu History
N2  - Set within the historical evolution of Tamil Srivaisnavism, this book explores the period between the late first millennium and the early second millennium. It examines how a Sanskritic brahmanical paradigm and a vernacular, devotional Tamil folk tradition were integrated. By analyzing medieval hagiographies, theology, caste dynamics, and sectarian friction, the author traces the delicate balance of continuity and adaptation that allowed the poetic hymns of the Alvar saints to become canonized within the Srivaisnavite tradition
ER  -