SAST 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Bhagavata Purana, Shaiva Siddhanta, Lingayatism
22 Jun 2020
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At the same time, the god is attracted to the soul: praised as radhakrishna, the god who is identified by his love, radha became a universal principle that allows god (krishna) to communicate w this world. Shaivism: agreed that great god mahadeva was foundation of universe, differed on relation of god to individual soul & inanimate matter, different rites. N india: kashmir shaivism, founded by vasugupta in early 9th cent. Wrote about theory of sanskrit lit: nearly eradicated in 14th cent. India"s impact on se asia: greatest achievement, no other civilization was able to do it w/o military but also problems. Indian warriors colonized se asia: now been rejected, origin - indian freedom movement. Indians showed that they were colonizers in ancient times. In 1926, the greater india society was established and published research on ancient indian. Vaishya theory traders spread culture: more plausible than kshatriya theory but does not explain large number of sanskrit words in.
