HIST 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Bhakti Movement, Julaha, Namdev
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Bhakti: a synoptic understanding: great traditions (marga) Vedas/rituals/sacrifices, male-centered, patriarchal, sanksritic, written, caste, structure, organized religion, temples/pilgrimage, brahmninic upper castes: little traditions (desi) Religio(cid:374)/lo(cid:272)al gods, o(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e/guru/ishtade(cid:448)ata, fe(cid:373)ale-centered, matriarchal?, vernacular(bhasa), oral, casteless, anti-structure, non-organized, body is the site, low caste (kabirand dadu: julaha, weaver, namdev: tailor, Ramdas: chamar): dominance of the pundits, brahminical castes has given hinduism a shape and structure. Hinduism has now become an organized relationship: western indian languages are going to be the work of the bhaktas, the devotees. The dehli sulatanate 1206-1526: qutubs (1206-1290)
