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Bhakti - Sufi Traditions
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Bhakti - Sufi Traditions
Overview of Religious 
Landscape
1
Mid-First Millennium CE
Landscape dotted with religious structures like stupas, 
monasteries, and temples
2
New Textual Sources
Compositions by poet-saints in regional languages, often set 
to music
3
Fluid Traditions
Devotees elaborated on original messages, modifying ideas 
over time
4
Challenges for Historians
Using hagiographies and diverse sources to reconstruct a 
dynamic religious scenario
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Bhakti - Sufi Traditions
Overview of Religious 
Landscape
1
Mid-First Millennium CE
Landscape dotted with religious structures like stupas, 
monasteries, and temples
2
New Textual Sources
Compositions by poet-saints in regional languages, often set 
to music
3
Fluid Traditions
Devotees elaborated on original messages, modifying ideas 
over time
4
Challenges for Historians
Using hagiographies and diverse sources to reconstruct a 
dynamic religious scenario
A Mosaic of Religious 
Beliefs
Vishnu
Worshipped in various 
forms
Shiva
Visualized in multiple 
manifestations
Goddess
Revered in diverse 
representations
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Bhakti - Sufi Traditions
Overview of Religious 
Landscape
1
Mid-First Millennium CE
Landscape dotted with religious structures like stupas, 
monasteries, and temples
2
New Textual Sources
Compositions by poet-saints in regional languages, often set 
to music
3
Fluid Traditions
Devotees elaborated on original messages, modifying ideas 
over time
4
Challenges for Historians
Using hagiographies and diverse sources to reconstruct a 
dynamic religious scenario
A Mosaic of Religious 
Beliefs
Vishnu
Worshipped in various 
forms
Shiva
Visualized in multiple 
manifestations
Goddess
Revered in diverse 
representations
The Integration of Cults
Dissemination of 
Brahmanical Ideas
Puranic texts composed in simple 
Sanskrit verse, made accessible to 
women and Shudras
Acceptance of Local 
Beliefs
Brahmanas reworked beliefs and 
practices of various social categories
Dialogue Between 
Traditions
Continuous interaction between "great" 
Sanskritic Puranic and "little" local 
traditions
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Bhakti - Sufi Traditions
Overview of Religious 
Landscape
1
Mid-First Millennium CE
Landscape dotted with religious structures like stupas, 
monasteries, and temples
2
New Textual Sources
Compositions by poet-saints in regional languages, often set 
to music
3
Fluid Traditions
Devotees elaborated on original messages, modifying ideas 
over time
4
Challenges for Historians
Using hagiographies and diverse sources to reconstruct a 
dynamic religious scenario
A Mosaic of Religious 
Beliefs
Vishnu
Worshipped in various 
forms
Shiva
Visualized in multiple 
manifestations
Goddess
Revered in diverse 
representations
The Integration of Cults
Dissemination of 
Brahmanical Ideas
Puranic texts composed in simple 
Sanskrit verse, made accessible to 
women and Shudras
Acceptance of Local 
Beliefs
Brahmanas reworked beliefs and 
practices of various social categories
Dialogue Between 
Traditions
Continuous interaction between "great" 
Sanskritic Puranic and "little" local 
traditions
Difference and Conflict
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2
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4
Tantric Practices
Widespread, open to all genders and 
castes
Influence on Shaivism 
and Buddhism
Especially in eastern, northern and 
southern regions
Emergence of Hinduism
Diverse beliefs classified under one 
umbrella
Vedic vs Puranic 
Traditions
Stark differences, yet Vedas remained 
authoritative