Part I Religious Bodies 33
1 Rasa: A Taste of the Divine 37
2 Balasaraswati and Krishna Ni Begane Baro 47
3 Francis Barboza and Christian Themes 59
Conclusion: Bhakti Rasa: A Re-Personalized Aesthetic of Devotion 73
Part II Cultural Bodies 75
4 Rasa and Bhakti as Indian Categories 81
5 Dhanajayanas' Sanghanitra 93
6 Kalai Kaviri's Gayatri Mantra 105
Conclusion: Is There an Indian Way to Dance Devotion? 115
Part III Ethical Bodies 119
7 Natya as Visual Education and the Ethics of Rasa 123
8 Dhananjayans' Stree (Woman) 137
9 Monica Colley's Morality Tales and Bhagavad Gita Sabdam 147
Conclusion: An Ethics of Bhakti Rasa: Performance of a Moral Mood 167
Part IV Pluralisitic Bodies 171
10 Unity and Multiplicity of Rasa 175
11 Malini Srinivasan and Sufi Qawwali 181
12 Tehreema Mitha and Ratt Jaga (The Vigil) 199
Conclusion: Revisiting "Unity in Diversity" 215.