Detailed Contents

Chapter Six: The Rasika Lineage of Rama Worship

The Rasika lineage in the biography of Sri Premalata Ji; the name of Rasika practice; the initiatory lineage; Grierson’s list; the lineage found in a manuscript at Tapasiji’s Camp; the lineage recorded in Ayodhyāmaya; the lineage in Vaiṣṇava-dharma-ratnākara; the “Mantraraja lineage”; Maulana Rashid’s Tazkirat al-Fuqarā; the two branches of the Sri Sampradāya; the lineage in the Mahā-Rāmāyaṇa; the lineage in the commentary upon the Viśvambhara Upaniṣad; the lineage in the Sita Upanishad; the lineage in the Rāma-navaratna-sāra-saṅgraha; the lineage in Kalyāṇa-kalpadruma; the lineage in Prapatti-rahasya; the lineage in Sri Rupakala Ji’s Bhakti-svāsvāda-tilaka; the lineage of Galavashram in Jaipur; Sabrucharya; the Sundaramaṇi-sandarbha; the lineage of Sri Madhuracharya Ji; Rasika-prakāśa-bhaktamāla; Sri Agradas Swami; foundational principles of the Rasika Sampradāya.

Printed pages 116–140.

Chapter Seven: Literature of the Rasika Tradition

Sanskrit Upanishadic Works

Why was the literature of Rasika worship neglected? Śrī Rāma-tāpanīya Upaniṣad; Śrī Viśvambhara Upaniṣad; Sita Upanishad; Sita’s nature and power; Sita’s powers of will, knowledge, and action; Śrī Maithilī Mahopaniṣad; Śrī Rāma-rahasya Upaniṣad.

Saṃhitā Works

Hanumat Saṃhitā; Shiva Saṃhitā; Lomaśa Saṃhitā; Bṛhat Brahma Saṃhitā; Agastya Saṃhitā; Vālmīki Saṃhitā; Śuka Saṃhitā; divine Chitrakoot; Goloka as a reflection of Ayodhya; Vasiṣṭha Saṃhitā; divine Ayodhya; the twelve forests and four mountains of divine Ayodhya; Sadāśiva Saṃhitā; the seven enclosures; Mahāśambhu Saṃhitā; Hiraṇyagarbha Saṃhitā; Mahāsadāśiva Saṃhitā; Brahma Saṃhitā.

Hymns and Songs

Śrī Rāma-stavarāja; Śrī Jānakī-stavarāja; Śrī Jānakī-gīta; Śrī Sahasragīti.

Rāmāyaṇas

Śrī Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa; Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa; Mahā-Rāmāyaṇa; Ādi Rāmāyaṇa; Rāmāyaṇa Maṇiratna; Mainda Rāmāyaṇa; Mañjula Rāmāyaṇa; Bhūṣuṇḍi Rāmāyaṇa—