The paper examines the memory and hagiography of the important but little-researched late sixteenth-century bhakti saint Agradās. After introducing this influential Vaiṣṇava devotional poet and the Rām rasik tradition he is said to have founded, the paper explores the political realities and motivations behind the molding of Agradās’s hagiography in particular ways in the nineteenth century and how his saintly authority has been drawn upon in modern times. Through a case study of Agradās, the paper makes an argument about the totemic function of the Hindu saint as a tangible expression of the intangible values and sentiments that bond and mobilize religious communities.

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Agradās 和 Rām Rasik Bhakti 社区：纪念的政治和印度教圣人的权威

这篇论文考察了 16 世纪晚期重要但鲜有研究的奉爱圣人 Agradās 的记忆和圣徒传记。在介绍了这位有影响力的 Vaiṣṇava 虔诚诗人和据说他创立的 Rām rasik 传统之后，该论文探讨了 19 世纪以特定方式塑造 Agradās 圣徒传记背后的政治现实和动机，以及他的神圣权威在现代。通过对 Agradās 的案例研究，本文论证了印度教圣人的图腾功能是联系和动员宗教社区的无形价值观和情感的有形表达。