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Title |
Title of document |
1. A Modern Kalpavr̥kṣa: Sathya Sāī Bābā and the Wish-fulfilling Tree - Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Antonio Rigopoulos; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy; |
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Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
plants in Asian religion; Hinduism; Jainism; Buddhism; sacred nature of flora; trees in religion; plants as food; plants as medicine; plants in ritual and myth |
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Subject classification |
South Asian Religions |
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Description |
Abstract |
In Chapter 1, Antonio Rigopoulos explores the significance of divine trees in the construction of the charismatic persona of Sathya Sāī Bābā (1926–2011), the famous god-man of Puttaparthi in southern Andhra Pradesh. Particular attention is paid to the pārijāta, the tamarind tree as kalpavr̥kṣa and the vaṭa/bodhi tree, which in the saint’s hagiography are related to his advent, his miraculous powers and the meditative practice conducive to final liberation (mokṣa), respectively. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Jun-2016 |
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Type |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/33196 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.33196 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Indian sub-continent |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |