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Krishna : a sourcebook / edited by Edwin F. Bryant.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Krishna (Hindu deity)--Literary collections.
- Krishna.
- Devotional literature, Indic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (590 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contributors: Vidyut Aklujkar, Paul Arney, Richard Barz, Neelima Shukla Bhatt, Edwin F. Bryant, Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Satyanarayana Dasa, Neal Delmonico, David Haberman, John Stratton Hawley, Alf Hiltebeitel, Steven P. Hopkins, Ekkhard Lorenz, Nancy Martin, Robert N. Minor, Bijoy M. Misra, Vasudha Narayanan, Lance E. Nelson, Graham Schweig, Deepak Sharma, Paul Sherbow, William L. Smith
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: Classical Source Material; 1. Krishna in the Mahabharata: The Death of Karna; 2. Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita; 3. The Harivamsa: The Dynasty of Krishna; 4. Krishna in the Tenth Book of the Bhagavata Purana; PART II: Regional Literary Expressions; 5. Orissa: Shri Krishna Jagannatha: The Mushali-parva from Sarala's Mahabharata; 6. Assam: Shankaradeva's Parijata Harana Nata; 7. Tamil Nadu: Weaving Garlands in Tamil: The Poetry of the Alvars; 8. Maharashtra: Games with God: Sakhya-bhakti in Marathi Sant Poetry; 9. Braj: Fishing in Sur's Ocean
- 10. Rajasthan: Mirabai and Her Poetry11. Gujarat: Govinda's Glory: Krishna-Lila in the songs of Narasinha Mehta; 12. Sanskrit from Tamil Nadu: At Play in the Forests of the Lord: The Gopalavimshati of Vedantadeshika; PART III: Philosophy and Theology; 13. Krishna in Advaita Vedanta: The Supreme Brahman in Human Form; 14. Ramanuja and the Meaning of Krishna's Descent and Embodiment on This Earth; 15. Madhva Vedanta and Krishna; 16. The Six Sandarbhas of Jiva Gosvami; 17. A Selection from the Bhaktirasamritasindhu of Rupa Gosvamin: The Foundational Emotions (Sthayi-bhavas)
- 18. The Divine Feminine in the Theology of KrishnaPART IV: Hagiography and Praxis; 19. Kumbhandas: The Devotee as Salt of the Earth; 20. The Bade Shikshapatra: A Vallabhite Guide to the Worship of Krishna's Divine Images; 21. Vaishnava Pilgrimage: Select Puranic Texts; 22. Chaitanya Vaishnavism and the Holy Names
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028756-X
- 1-281-15887-9
- 9786611158873
- 0-19-803400-8
- 0-19-972431-8
- 1-4356-0950-6
- OCLC:
- 437093767
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