Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa : A Psychological Profile /

In the entire corpus of Rāmakṛṣṇa research, carried out mostly by his disciples, devotes, and admirers, only a handful have attempted to analyze his divine reputation. Yet none has examined the Rāmakṛṣṇa phenomenon fully. This is the first comprehensive psychoanalysis of Rāmakṛṣṇa's sexuality i...

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Main Author: Sil, Narasingha P. (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1991.

Series: Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
Brill's Indological Library ; 4

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505 0 |t Front Matter -- Preliminary Material /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Acknowledgments /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Preface /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- A Note on Orthography /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Abbreviations /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Introduction /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter One The Psychology of a Mystic /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Two Rāmakṛṣṇa's Femininity: In Search of Androgyny /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Three Rāmakṛṣṇa's Sexuality: Immaculate Sex? /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Four Rāmakṛṣṇa and His Young Devotees /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Five Rāmakṛṣṇa the Godman /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Six Rāmakṛṣṇa the Godmad /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Seven Rāmakṛṣṇa's Ecstasies: A Phenomenology of Samādhi /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Eight Rāmakṛṣṇa: "Illiterate Genius?" /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Nine Rāmakṛṣṇa: Bon Vivant or Jīvanmukta? /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Ten Rāmakṛṣṇa and Sāradāmani: "Holy" Matrimony /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Chapter Eleven Rāmakṛṣṇa and the Supernatural /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Conclusion /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Back Matter -- Suggestions for Further Reading /  |r Narasingha P. Sil -- Index /  |r Narasingha P. Sil. 
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