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The Building of Vá¹ndÄvana
Architecture, Theology, and Practice in an Early Modern Pilgrimage Town
Series: - Brill's Indological Library, Volume: 57
The small town of Vá¹ndÄvana is today one of the most vibrant places of pilgrimage in northern India. Throngs of pilgrims travel there each year to honour the sacred land of Ká¹á¹£á¹aâs youth and to visit many of its temples.
The Building of Vá¹ndÄvana explores the complex history of this townâs early modern origins. Bringing together scholars from various disciplines to examine history, architecture, art, ritual, theology, and literature in this pivotal period, the book examines how these various disciplines were used to create, develop, and map Vá¹ndÄvana as the most prominent place of pilgrimage for devotees of Ká¹á¹£á¹a.
Contributors are: Guy L. Beck, MÃ¥ns Broo, David Buchta, John Stratton Hawley, Barbara A. Holdrege, Rembert Lutjeharms, Cynthia D. Packert, and Heidi Pauwels.
The Building of Vá¹ndÄvana explores the complex history of this townâs early modern origins. Bringing together scholars from various disciplines to examine history, architecture, art, ritual, theology, and literature in this pivotal period, the book examines how these various disciplines were used to create, develop, and map Vá¹ndÄvana as the most prominent place of pilgrimage for devotees of Ká¹á¹£á¹a.
Contributors are: Guy L. Beck, MÃ¥ns Broo, David Buchta, John Stratton Hawley, Barbara A. Holdrege, Rembert Lutjeharms, Cynthia D. Packert, and Heidi Pauwels.
Kiyokazu Okita, D.Phil. (2011), University of Oxford, is Associate Professor of Hindu Studies at Faculty of Liberal Arts / Graduate Program in Global Studies, Sophia University. He is the author of Hindu Theology in Early Modern South Asia (OUP, 2014).
Rembert Lutjeharms, D.Phil. (2010), University of Oxford, is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Research Lecturer in Hindu Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is the author of A Vaiá¹£á¹ava Poet in Early Modern Bengal (OUP, 2018).
Rembert Lutjeharms, D.Phil. (2010), University of Oxford, is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Research Lecturer in Hindu Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is the author of A Vaiá¹£á¹ava Poet in Early Modern Bengal (OUP, 2018).
"This rich, well-crafted collaborative volume on one of South Asiaâs most important pilgrimage sites, the temple town dedicated to Ká¹á¹£á¹a at Vá¹ndÄvana draws upon a range of literary, historical, musical and artistic evidence to examine the communities, conceptions and construction of the region of Vraja in the 16th and early 17th centuries. Original, timely and compelling, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Hindu studies, Sanskrit and Hindi literature, historians of early modern South Asia, including its art and music, and anyone interested in the centrality of place, space and pilgrimage to the religious imagination." - Dr. Crispin Branfoot (Reader in the history of South Asian art and archaeology. SOAS, University of London)
"This masterful book immerses the reader in the landscapes, temples, texts, and artistic traditions of early modern Vá¹ndÄvana. A variety of sources and methods are blended seamlessly to paint a picture of this dynamic town, as it grows from a small community to a major center of Ká¹á¹£á¹a worship. The introduction provides the most engaging overview of Vá¹ndÄvana's history and theology that I have read. This book is a joy to read, and one that you will return to over and over again." - Prof. Ravi M. Gupta (Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies, Utah State University)
"This masterful book immerses the reader in the landscapes, temples, texts, and artistic traditions of early modern Vá¹ndÄvana. A variety of sources and methods are blended seamlessly to paint a picture of this dynamic town, as it grows from a small community to a major center of Ká¹á¹£á¹a worship. The introduction provides the most engaging overview of Vá¹ndÄvana's history and theology that I have read. This book is a joy to read, and one that you will return to over and over again." - Prof. Ravi M. Gupta (Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies, Utah State University)
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âRembert Lutjeharms and Kiyokazu Okita
1 A Sixteenth-Century Testimony on Vá¹ndÄvanaâs First-Generation Pioneers
âHeidi Pauwels
2 The Hari-bhakti-vilÄsa as a Specimen of Early Gauá¸Ä«ya Vaiá¹£á¹avism in Vá¹ndÄvana
âMÃ¥ns Broo
3 The Gauá¸Ä«ya Reimagining of Vraja as a Bimodal Domain
âPilgrimage Place and Transcendent Space
âBarbara A. Holdrege
4 Building Vá¹ndÄvana as a Locus of Rasa
âThe Stotras of RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«
âDavid Buchta
5 Building the Spiritual Vá¹ndÄvana
âMusic and the RÄsa Dance at the Centre of Ká¹á¹£á¹a Devotion
âGuy L. Beck
6 A Temple of Stone and a Temple of Love
âGovindadeva in the Religious Imagination of Early Gauá¸Ä«ya Vaiá¹£á¹avas
âRembert Lutjeharms
7 Kings of the Mountains
âGovardhana-lÄ«lÄ and KachavÄhÄ Patronage at the Govindadeva Temple in Vá¹ndÄvana
âCynthia Packert
8 The Ideal Real Vá¹ndÄvana of Jayasiá¹haâs Dining Room
âJohn Stratton Hawley
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âRembert Lutjeharms and Kiyokazu Okita
Part 1: Builders
1 A Sixteenth-Century Testimony on Vá¹ndÄvanaâs First-Generation Pioneers
âHeidi Pauwels
2 The Hari-bhakti-vilÄsa as a Specimen of Early Gauá¸Ä«ya Vaiá¹£á¹avism in Vá¹ndÄvana
âMÃ¥ns Broo
Part 2: Building
3 The Gauá¸Ä«ya Reimagining of Vraja as a Bimodal Domain
âPilgrimage Place and Transcendent Space
âBarbara A. Holdrege
4 Building Vá¹ndÄvana as a Locus of Rasa
âThe Stotras of RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«
âDavid Buchta
5 Building the Spiritual Vá¹ndÄvana
âMusic and the RÄsa Dance at the Centre of Ká¹á¹£á¹a Devotion
âGuy L. Beck
Part 3: Buildings
6 A Temple of Stone and a Temple of Love
âGovindadeva in the Religious Imagination of Early Gauá¸Ä«ya Vaiá¹£á¹avas
âRembert Lutjeharms
7 Kings of the Mountains
âGovardhana-lÄ«lÄ and KachavÄhÄ Patronage at the Govindadeva Temple in Vá¹ndÄvana
âCynthia Packert
8 The Ideal Real Vá¹ndÄvana of Jayasiá¹haâs Dining Room
âJohn Stratton Hawley
Index
Scholars in the fields of architecture, art history, Indology, literature, Religious Studies, and South Asian Studies. General audience including the practitioners of Hindu traditions.