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Speaking Of Basava

Lingayat Religion And Culture In South Asia
By:K. Ishwaran; K Ishwaran
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367288556
eText ISBN:9781000312881
Edition:1
Copyright:1992
Format:Reflowable

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The bulk of the literature on Basava and Lingayatism incorporates both the Brahman and Bhakti movements. To do this is to lose sight of innovations that Basava introduced in reaction to his Brahman-dominated environment. Also, to look at Lingayatism as a direct linear descendant of the Hindu tradition is to ignore the revolutionary thrust of Lingayatism in its origin in the twelfth century A.O. and its continuing dynamism in the subsequent centuries.