Performance as Religious Observance in Some Śaiva Ascetic Traditions from South and Southeast Asia

My essay synthesizes, and elaborates on, previous research on the overlaps between performative arts and ascetic traditions of the Śaiva Atimārga in South and Southeast Asia. My analysis focuses mainly on textual data from Sanskrit and Old Javanese literature from the 4th to the 15th centuries, wit...

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Autor principal:	Andrea Acri
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2018
Materias:	dance dramaturgy comedy Śaivism Tantra Atimārga Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c27ffa5e232745de9a73703a07a0486d2021-11-27T12:54:25ZPerformance as Religious Observance in Some Śaiva Ascetic Traditions from South and Southeast Asia10.12797/CIS.20.2018.01.031732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/c27ffa5e232745de9a73703a07a0486d2018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/315https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 My essay synthesizes, and elaborates on, previous research on the overlaps between performative arts and ascetic traditions of the Śaiva Atimārga in South and Southeast Asia. My analysis focuses mainly on textual data from Sanskrit and Old Javanese literature from the 4th to the 15th centuries, with contributions from modern and contemporary ethnography of Java and Bali. Here I will argue that categories of Śaiva practitioners who combined dance, recitation, and drama in both areas may derive from a shared tantric fund, and that those low-status agents characterized by antinomian behaviours were not only driven by ideals of individual salvation or quest for powers, but also contributed to their local social milieus (i.e. as ‘folk’ entertainers) and ritual economies (i.e., as performers attached to temples and royal palaces). Andrea AcriKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticledancedramaturgycomedyŚaivismTantraAtimārgaIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2018)
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description	My essay synthesizes, and elaborates on, previous research on the overlaps between performative arts and ascetic traditions of the Śaiva Atimārga in South and Southeast Asia. My analysis focuses mainly on textual data from Sanskrit and Old Javanese literature from the 4th to the 15th centuries, with contributions from modern and contemporary ethnography of Java and Bali. Here I will argue that categories of Śaiva practitioners who combined dance, recitation, and drama in both areas may derive from a shared tantric fund, and that those low-status agents characterized by antinomian behaviours were not only driven by ideals of individual salvation or quest for powers, but also contributed to their local social milieus (i.e. as ‘folk’ entertainers) and ritual economies (i.e., as performers attached to temples and royal palaces).
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title	Performance as Religious Observance in Some Śaiva Ascetic Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
title_short	Performance as Religious Observance in Some Śaiva Ascetic Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
title_full	Performance as Religious Observance in Some Śaiva Ascetic Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
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Performance as Religious Observance in Some Śaiva Ascetic Traditions from South and Southeast Asia

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