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Article: Devotion Divine: Bhakti Traditions from the Regions of India: Studies in Honour of Charlotte Vaudeville.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
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Fifteen scholars congregate here to pay honor to Charlotte Vaudeville, the scholar most renowned especially for her works pertaining to bhakti literature and practices. No wonder that most of the tributes in the present volume are also related to that subject, of which the significance cannot be overestimated. Following an encomium of Professor Vaudeville by the editors, pages xiii-xvii in the front matter list the works by Charlotte Vaudeville - including twelve books between 1955 and 1986. In addition, the list at the time of this volume's publication mentions two more books plus three more articles meant to appear in print.
In a brief review, it is difficult to ...