The origins of Virasaiva sects: A typological analysis of ritual and associational patterns in the Śūnyasaṃpādane/
R. Blake Michael
- Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1992.
- 238 p.
I. INTRODUCTION: THE ViRASAIVA'S AND THEIR CONTEXT The Distinctness of Virasaivism Virasaivism's Relatedness to Brahmanical Orthodoxy Attempts to Understand the Virasaivas as a "Hindu" "Sect" Attempts to Understand the Virasaivas as "Protestants" Prospectus for a Typological Analysis of Virasaiva Associational Patterns Notes • 11. THE SOnYASAJ^PADANE: ITS CONTEXT, COMPOSITION, AND CONTENT The Context: Vijayanagara The Composition: The Four Editions The Content: Twenty Tales of the Saints Patterns of Diversity in the Smyasatripadane Notes III. THE SOTERIOLOGY OF THE SONYASA^- PADANE-. OBJECTIVIST v. SUBJECTIVIsf The a^ldvarana Scheme Dialectical Encounters in the Sunyasanipddane The Three Views of Ritual Worship Notes IV. THE ECCLESIOLQGY OF THE SONYASAMPADANE: UNIVERSALIST v. PARTICULARIST Disputes over Membership in the Sarana Band The Three Views on Society Membership Notes V. CONCLUSION Competing Associatiopal Ideals in Ancient Virasaivism Denominational Factors in Contemporary Virasaivism Prospectus for Future Studies