1st Edition
Self-Surrender (prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys?
1. Introduction 2. The Conceptual Parameters: Ramanuja and Prapatti 3. An Introduction to the Commentaries 4. Surrendering to Purification: Prapatti in the Arayirappati Commentary 5. Epic Surrender: The Onpatinayirappati Commentary of Nanciyar 6. Still Surrender: The Irupattunalayirappati and the Itu Muppattarayirappati 7. Surrender Structured: The Pannirayirappati Commentary 8. Conclusion
Biography
Srilata Raman is Assistant Professor for Hindu Studies at the University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Her main research areas include medieval South Indian religion, hagiography and historiography as well as the modern socio-religious reform movements in South India and the transformation of religion in colonialism. She has published several articles on medieval Shrivaishnavism, and is the co-editor of Words and Deeds: Hindu and Buddhist Rituals in South Asia (2005).
