राम
Madhura Upasana

रामभक्ति-साहित्य में मधुर उपासना

Madhura Upasana
in Ram Bhakti Literature

The first comprehensive study of the rasika tradition of Sita-Rama devotion

By Bhuwaneshwar Nath Mishra 'Madhav'

Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad, Patna · 1957

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Published in 1957, this was the first sustained scholarly account of the intimate rasika current within Rama devotion. It joins theology, comparative religious history, lineage records, and a vast annotated survey of Sanskrit and Hindi source literature.

Every page of the first edition is preserved as a facsimile beside a fresh English translation, including the publisher's statement, the author's submission, all eight chapters, the Mahavani appendix, footnotes, citations, and the complete general index.

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01प्रारम्भिक सामग्रीFront MatterTitle, publication record, publisher's statement, the author's submission, and detailed contents.Scans 1-2402रागमयी भक्ति और उसकी वैष्णव-परम्पराRāgamayī Bhakti and Its Vaishnava TraditionThe theology, stages, sentiments, and classical Vaishnava lineages of devotion governed by sacred attachment.Scans 25-45 · printed pages 1-2103मधुर रस का स्वरूप और उसकी व्यापकताThe Nature and Scope of Madhura-rasaThe aesthetic grammar of the madhura sentiment, its supports, expressions, states, and theological reach.Scans 46-61 · printed pages 22-3704भारतीय अन्तरंग धर्म-साधनाओं में मधुर भावMadhura-bhāva in Indian Esoteric TraditionsBuddhist Sahajiyā, Siddha, Nātha, Kāpālika, sant, and Vaishnava Sahajiyā traditions in comparative view.Scans 62-101 · printed pages 38-7705सिद्धदेह और लीला-प्रवेशSiddha-deha and Entry into LīlāThe contemplated perfected body, the identity of the attendant, and entry into the eternal divine play.Scans 102-112 · printed pages 78-8806अवतारतत्त्व तथा रामोपासनाAvatāra-tattva and the Worship of RamaA theology of avatāra and the historical and scriptural development of intimate Rama worship.Scans 113-143 · printed pages 89-11807रामोपासना की रसिक-परम्पराThe Rasika Lineage of Rama WorshipParallel guru-lineage records and the teachers through whom the rasika current becomes historically visible.Scans 144-165 · printed pages 119-14008रसिक-परम्परा का साहित्य - संस्कृतLiterature of the Rasika Tradition: SanskritUpaniṣads, saṃhitās, stotras, Rāmāyaṇas, dramas, narrative poems, and works of doctrine.Scans 166-211 · printed pages 141-18609रसिक-परम्परा का साहित्य - हिन्दीLiterature of the Rasika Tradition: HindiA large annotated survey of Hindi meditation manuals, aṣṭayāma texts, poetry, songs, and līlā literature.Scans 212-447 · printed pages 187-42110परिशिष्ट - महावाणीAppendix: MahāvāṇīA concluding anthology of rasika verses and songs centered on Sita and Rama's intimate divine play.Scans 448-458 · printed pages 422-43211अनुक्रमणिकाGeneral IndexThe complete alphabetical subject and name index of the first edition.Scans 459-471 · printed pages 433-44712अन्तिम पृष्ठEnd MatterThe final blank and lightly marked leaf of the archival facsimile.Scans 472-472