This book is about devotion to holy names-names such as Rama, Krishna or Devi-in India, especially in the Kaveri delta from 1650-1850 A.D. During that time leaders such as Venkatesa Ayyaval, Dodhendra, Sadasiva Brahmendra, Narayana Tirtha and Sadgurusvami sang, repeated and taught about the holy names as a Hindu way of religious life leading ultimately to the moksa. These Namasiddhanta leaders practised revolving the name in their minds and singing holy names aloud as ways to keep to hold on the ultimate amid an ever-changing world of disturbance and confusion. They saw the name as a simple direct way to taste bhakti, to plunge the individual into contact with the holy through evocative utterance.
V. Raghavan conducted in-depth research into the lives, documents, Sanskrit texts, history and cultural vitality of this fertile region, focusing on the Namasiddhanta saints and their background as one of his favorite areas of exploration. The author has brought together some of V. Raghavan's studies on Namasiddhanta and arranging them and discussing them in larger historical and comparative contexts and also updating them to take them to the present day scholars of world religions.
About the Author
William J. Jackson is presently at the Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, USA.
| Preface | vii | |
| I | Introductory Essay on the name and Namasiddhanta Saints Reading the Signs of the Times and Beyond: Kaveri Delta Namasiddhanta Saints' Lives | 1 |
| II | Cultural Overviews: V. Raghavan's Essays on the Name in Indian History and Culture | |
| 1. Indian Culture and Its Creative Revivers | 47 | |
| 2. Praise of the Name: Highlights from Rg Vedic Times to Tyagaraja | 64 | |
| 3 Perennialism and the name, V. Raghavan's Foreword to Frithj of Schuon's Languagee of the Self | 90 | |
| III | Leaders of Kaveri Delta Namasiddhanta | |
| 1. Bodhendra and Sadgurusvami | 109 | |
| 2. Sridhara Vendatesa Ayyaval | 119 | |
| 3. Sadasiva Brahmendra | 131 | |
| 4. Narayana Tritha Part One | 142 | |
| Narayana Tritha Part Two | 148 | |
| IV | Creative Exponents of the Name and Related Studies | |
| 1. Vak Devata | 155 | |
| 2. Bhagavata purana | 159 | |
| 3. Encountering Tulasidas | 166 | |
| 4. Guru Nanak | 169 | |
| 5. Bhadracalam Ramadas | 186 | |
| 6. Upanisad Brahmayogin | 200 | |
| 7. Tyagaraja | 217 | |
| 8. Mahatma Gandhi | 231 | |
| V | V. Raghavan's Translation of Visnu Sahasranama | 234 |
| VI | 1. Beads on Strings: Concluding Reflections on the Power of the Name | 247 |
| 2. Passages in Praise of the Name | 294 | |
| VII | Appendices on V. Raghavan | |
| 1. Autobiographical Reflection by V. Raghavan | 317 | |
| 2. V. Raghavan, A Personal Reminiscence by Milton Singer | 328 | |
| VIII | Bibliography | 345 |
| Index | 355 | |
| Map, Illustrations and Chart |
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This book is about devotion to holy names-names such as Rama, Krishna or Devi-in India, especially in the Kaveri delta from 1650-1850 A.D. During that time leaders such as Venkatesa Ayyaval, Dodhendra, Sadasiva Brahmendra, Narayana Tirtha and Sadgurusvami sang, repeated and taught about the holy names as a Hindu way of religious life leading ultimately to the moksa. These Namasiddhanta leaders practised revolving the name in their minds and singing holy names aloud as ways to keep to hold on the ultimate amid an ever-changing world of disturbance and confusion. They saw the name as a simple direct way to taste bhakti, to plunge the individual into contact with the holy through evocative utterance.
V. Raghavan conducted in-depth research into the lives, documents, Sanskrit texts, history and cultural vitality of this fertile region, focusing on the Namasiddhanta saints and their background as one of his favorite areas of exploration. The author has brought together some of V. Raghavan's studies on Namasiddhanta and arranging them and discussing them in larger historical and comparative contexts and also updating them to take them to the present day scholars of world religions.
About the Author
William J. Jackson is presently at the Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, USA.
| Preface | vii | |
| I | Introductory Essay on the name and Namasiddhanta Saints Reading the Signs of the Times and Beyond: Kaveri Delta Namasiddhanta Saints' Lives | 1 |
| II | Cultural Overviews: V. Raghavan's Essays on the Name in Indian History and Culture | |
| 1. Indian Culture and Its Creative Revivers | 47 | |
| 2. Praise of the Name: Highlights from Rg Vedic Times to Tyagaraja | 64 | |
| 3 Perennialism and the name, V. Raghavan's Foreword to Frithj of Schuon's Languagee of the Self | 90 | |
| III | Leaders of Kaveri Delta Namasiddhanta | |
| 1. Bodhendra and Sadgurusvami | 109 | |
| 2. Sridhara Vendatesa Ayyaval | 119 | |
| 3. Sadasiva Brahmendra | 131 | |
| 4. Narayana Tritha Part One | 142 | |
| Narayana Tritha Part Two | 148 | |
| IV | Creative Exponents of the Name and Related Studies | |
| 1. Vak Devata | 155 | |
| 2. Bhagavata purana | 159 | |
| 3. Encountering Tulasidas | 166 | |
| 4. Guru Nanak | 169 | |
| 5. Bhadracalam Ramadas | 186 | |
| 6. Upanisad Brahmayogin | 200 | |
| 7. Tyagaraja | 217 | |
| 8. Mahatma Gandhi | 231 | |
| V | V. Raghavan's Translation of Visnu Sahasranama | 234 |
| VI | 1. Beads on Strings: Concluding Reflections on the Power of the Name | 247 |
| 2. Passages in Praise of the Name | 294 | |
| VII | Appendices on V. Raghavan | |
| 1. Autobiographical Reflection by V. Raghavan | 317 | |
| 2. V. Raghavan, A Personal Reminiscence by Milton Singer | 328 | |
| VIII | Bibliography | 345 |
| Index | 355 | |
| Map, Illustrations and Chart |
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