The Historical Development of the Bhakti Movement in India

The late Iwao Shima was a Professor of Indian philosophy at Kanazawa University. He extensively contributed to the various subjects of Indian spirituality including Advaita Vedanta, Tantric and Sakta traditions, Marathi Bhakti movements and renewed phases in Indian Buddhism. He was the inspiring organizer of research projects on Indian devotionalism, the outcome of which is crystallized in this publication. Teiji Sakata is Professor Emeritus of Takushoku University. He is working on Hindi folktales and medieval Hindi literature. He is an active member of the International Conference on Devotional Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages. Katsuyuki Ida is a Lecturer of South Asian Studies at Kanazawa University. He has been working on medieval Hinduism, focusing mainly on the Tantric practices and Puranic myths.

Preface; List of Contributors; Part I: The Theoretical Framework of Bhakti and its Historical Development: 1. Reflections on Bhakti as a Type of Indian Mysticism by Yoshitsugu Sawai; 2. The Use of Bhakti/Bhakta in the Pancaratra Scriptures by Hiromichi Hikita; 3. Ramanujas Theory of Bhakti Based on the Vedanta Philosophy by Bunki Kimura; 4. Theories of Salvation in the Tengalai and Vadagalai Schools by Sadanori Ishitobi; 5. Some Sources of Madhvas Bhakti Theory by Hiroaki Ikebe; 6. The Concept of Bhakti in the Tantric Tradition by Katsuyuki Ida; 7. Realization of Inner Divinity : Natha Yogins in the Medieval Bhakti Movement by Kazuyo Sakaki; Part II: The Philosophical Influence of Bhakti and Its Popular Acceptance: 8. The Atomosphere of Bhakti in Literature: A Buddhist Stotra, a Katha, and a Folk Tale by Yoshifumi Mizuno; 9. Jnanesvars Interpretation of the Bhagavad-gita I-VI by Iwao Shima; 10. The Bhakti in Tukarams Abhangas by Chihiro Koiso; 11. A Study of an Aspect of Kabirs Bhakti with the Text and Translation of the Gyana Caumtisa in the Bijak by Taigen Hashimoto; 12. Analytical Study of Bhaktirasa as a Religious Sentiment Established by the Gaudiya Vaisnava School by Masaru Tonguu; 13. Rama in the Eyes of his Consort, Sita: A Study of Tulsidass Ramacaritmanas by Teji Sakata; 14. Saint Ramalingar and the Exemplification of Gods as Effulgence by Hiroshi Yamashita; Postscript; Index.