Ramanujar by Indira Parthasarathy, T. Sriraman (Translator) (.ePUB)
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Ramanujar: The Life and Ideas of Ramanuja by Indira Parthasarathy, T. Sriraman (Translator)
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Overview: Indira Parthasarathy’s Tamil play Ramanujar, which won the K.K. Birla Foundation’s Saraswati Samman in 1999, presents the medieval Vaishnava acharya not only as an exponent of the Visishtadvaita philosophy but even more strikingly as a radical social reformer with an inclusive vision. The play strives to demonstrate that he redefined the very idea of a Vaishnava. The play also takes a balanced view of the hagiographic and historical accounts on the controversial events in his long life, such as Chola persecution, Ramanuja’s exile, conversion of the Hoysala King from Jainism, and the meeting with the Delhi Sultan. The Epilogue, a playlet included in this new edition, presents an imaginary meeting of the aged renunciant with his long-separated wife. The searching questions she poses make the savant reflect upon and evaluate himself, his past and the impact he has made on society. The present translation of the play, which includes the Epilogue, makes the work available to a wider audience. The Introduction and Commentary point out how Indira Parthasarathy employs the traditional hagiographic accounts as a critical tool to probe issues of social and religious amity and gender equity.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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