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ISBN 10: 019028756X

ISBN 13: 9780190287566

Author: Edwin F. Bryant

In the West Krishna is primarily known as the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita. But it is the stories of Krishna's childhood and his later exploits that have provided some of the most important and widespread sources of religious narrative in the Hindu religious landscape. This volume brings together new translations of representative samples of Krishna religious literature from a variety of genres -- classical, popular, regional, sectarian, poetic, literary, and philosophical.

Table of contents:

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 Poetry,

11. 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 Krishna,

PART 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,

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