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A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (Explorations in Indic Traditions:Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical)
by: Nishamani Kar (Editor, Contributor),Basant Kumar Dash(Contributor),Bijoy Kumar Nanda(Contributor),Fanindam Deo(Contributor),Gagan Behari Das(Contributor), Ganesh Prasad Das(Contributor), Kedar Mishra (Contributor), Madhusudan Pati (Contributor), Manoranjan Behura (Contributor), Nandini Mishra (Contributor), Nigamananda Das (Contributor), Ram Chandra Majhi (Contributor), Santosh Kumar Ratha (Contributor), Sarat Chandra Panigrahi (Contributor), Saroj Kanta Kar (Contributor),Satya Siladitya Kar (Contributor)&15more
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: 2024/5/16
Language: English
Print Length: 218 pages
ISBN-10: 1666955574
ISBN-13: 9781666955576
Book Description
A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult is a rare compendium of insightful essays by eminent Indian scholars on the Mahima Cult, its genesis, and its growth. The volume focuses on Bhima Bhoi, the poet-philosopher and the prime interlocutor of the Renegade Faith, who started a revolt from below to champion human rights. To critically appreciate the Saint-poet Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (Dharma of Glory), the history of the 19th-century Indian sociocultural system, especially that of Odisha and its adjoining states, needs to be reconstructed. Since there is no surviving oral and written text authored by the founder of the cult, Mahima Swami, it is only the unlettered genius Bhima Bhoi, who produced innumerable prayers, hymns, and poetic recitals of profound philosophical import, which made him the legend, the poet-archivist, and historiographer of the Mahima Cult. Bhima was simultaneously the poet of the soul and the soil, who used theology and social experience to provide a supportive sub-structure to a transcendent, ecstatic vision. This volume asserts that Mahima Dharma is an autochthonous reform movement and a regional variation of the Indian Bhakti tradition and mystical poetry.
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A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult is a rare compendium of insightful essays by eminent Indian scholars on the Mahima Cult, its genesis, and its growth. The volume focuses on Bhima Bhoi, the poet-philosopher and the prime interlocutor of the Renegade Faith, who started a revolt from below to champion human rights. To critically appreciate the Saint-poet Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (Dharma of Glory), the history of the 19th-century Indian sociocultural system, especially that of Odisha and its adjoining states, needs to be reconstructed. Since there is no surviving oral and written text authored by the founder of the cult, Mahima Swami, it is only the unlettered genius Bhima Bhoi, who produced innumerable prayers, hymns, and poetic recitals of profound philosophical import, which made him the legend, the poet-archivist, and historiographer of the Mahima Cult. Bhima was simultaneously the poet of the soul and the soil, who used theology and social experience to provide a supportive sub-structure to a transcendent, ecstatic vision. This volume asserts that Mahima Dharma is an autochthonous reform movement and a regional variation of the Indian Bhakti tradition and mystical poetry.
