Which of the following factors were responsible for the emergence of Bhakti movement in the medieval times?
1. Invasion of Turks
2. Prominent position of temples
3. Patronage by kings
4. Threat to Hinduism from other religions
5. Role of Puranas and epics
Select the correct from the options given below:
Which of the following factors were responsible for the emergence of Bhakti movement in the medieval times?
1. Invasion of Turks
2. Prominent position of temples
3. Patronage by kings
4. Threat to Hinduism from other religions
5. Role of Puranas and epics
Select the correct from the options given below:
The correct option is B 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Emergence of Bhakti movement can partially be attributed to challenges posed by agnostic religions like Buddhism and Jainism on Brahmanical Hinduism and partially due to royal patronage in favour of hinduism during the rule of Vikramaditya.
Enabling factors:
- Royal patronage from Gupta empire.
- Self purification drive within hinduism which increasingly became ritual based, superstitious, superfluous, ceremonial in essence.
- Competition posed by Buddhism and Jainism , which were in contrast simple, direct and adapted to needs of the masses. e.g use of prakrit rather than Sanskrit which was spoken and understood by few elites.
- Missionary zeal of priests and philosophers like Ramanuja and Shankaracharya who spread message of dvaita and advaita vedanta and brought spiritualism and mysticism back to hinduism.
Other factors were invasion by Turks, prominent position of temples, and role of Puranas and Epics.
Emergence of Bhakti movement can partially be attributed to challenges posed by agnostic religions like Buddhism and Jainism on Brahmanical Hinduism and partially due to royal patronage in favour of hinduism during the rule of Vikramaditya.
Enabling factors:
- Royal patronage from Gupta empire.
- Self purification drive within hinduism which increasingly became ritual based, superstitious, superfluous, ceremonial in essence.
- Competition posed by Buddhism and Jainism , which were in contrast simple, direct and adapted to needs of the masses. e.g use of prakrit rather than Sanskrit which was spoken and understood by few elites.
- Missionary zeal of priests and philosophers like Ramanuja and Shankaracharya who spread message of dvaita and advaita vedanta and brought spiritualism and mysticism back to hinduism.
Other factors were invasion by Turks, prominent position of temples, and role of Puranas and Epics.
