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Literackie kartografie w keralskich hagiografiach tradycji adwaita wedanty

Publication date: 20.12.2019

Studia Religiologica, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 293 - 307

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.19.021.11628

Authors

Olga Nowicka
Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2955 Orcid
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Literackie kartografie w keralskich hagiografiach tradycji adwaita wedanty

Abstract

Literary Cartography in the Keralan Hagiographies of the Advaita Vedānta Tradition

The proposed paper concerns the hitherto unstudied regional hagiographic tradition of Śaṅkara – the great Indian philosopher and founder of the pan-Indian monastic order within the Advaita Vedānta doctrine in Kerala (South India). This literary tradition is represented by a series of lesser-known texts in Sanskrit and Malayalam. The objective of this article is to examine some of the cultural and literary methods of space valorization and creation of literary cartographies. The sacred topography created through the hagiographic narrative causes the overlap of spatial religious concepts and physical geography of temples, monasteries and pilgrimage sites. Therefore, the theoretical approach applied during the examination of the hagiographic tradition in question remains informed by the method of literary cartography.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 293 - 307

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Literackie kartografie w keralskich hagiografiach tradycji adwaita wedanty

English:

Literary Cartography in the Keralan Hagiographies of the Advaita Vedānta Tradition

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2955

Olga Nowicka
Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2955 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)

Published at: 20.12.2019

Article status: Open

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