RUDN Journal of PhilosophyRUDN Journal of Philosophy2313-23022408-8900Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1767210.22363/2313-2302-2017-21-4-612-620Research ArticleEMOTIONAL STRUCTURES OF PERCEPTION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS (The Image of Kalki in Medieval Puranas)IvanovaA Sanastasuwa_iv@mail.ruSt. Tikhon Orthodox University1512201721461262017012018Copyright © 2017, Ivanova A.S.2017<p>The article is devoted to the psychological aspects of perception of the mythological image of Kalki - the tenth avatar of Vishnu, the Hindu messiah, whose coming will destroy the moral and religious decline in the last days of Kali-yuga. The emotionality of the artistic text can be reduced to a constant antagonism between the emotional affects of form and emotional content of the text, during which there is a catharsis, provoking the reader's aesthetic response. The use of psychological analysis of emotional structures of religious text on the material about Kalki in the medieval Purāṇas gives the op-portunity to assess the quality and intensity of emotional experiences, associated with the perception of the image of the mythological hero. Our goal is to test the method of Vygotsky, described in the Psychology of Art, and to study the emotional content of the religious text on the material of the Purāṇic myth about Kalki.</p>Kalkiaffectaesthetic responsecatharsisart psychologyemotional structureКалкиаффектэстетическая реакциякатарсиспсихология искусстваэмоциональная структура[Rocher L. The Puranas. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz; 1986.][Vygotskii LS. Psikhologiya iskusstva. Moscow: Iskusstvo; 1986. (In Russ.)][Vishnu Purana with Vishnuchittiyam Сommentary. Kanchipuram: Granthamala Oflice; 1972.][The Vayu Purana. A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition. Calcutta: Biblioteca Indica; 1881.][Lalitapakhyana from the Uttarkhanda of Brahmandapurana. Bombay: Nirnaya-Sagar Press; 1918.][Roshen D. Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. India: Penguin; 2010.][Kalki Purana of Sri Veda Vyasa. Edited and published by Sri Jibananda Vidyasagara Bhattacharya. Calcutta; 1890.][Shtal' IV. Khudozhestvennyi mir gomerovskogo eposa. Moscow: Nauka; 1983. (In Russ.)][Neveleva SL. Voprosy poetiki drevneindiiskogo eposa: Epitet i sravnenie. Moscow: Nauka; 1979. (In Russ.)][Ostanin VV. Chelovek igrayushchii i vishnuistkii renessans XVI—XVII vekov. Vestnik Altaiskogo gosudarstvennogo agrarnogo universiteta. 2005;17(1). (In Russ.)]