Krishna: A SourcebookOxford University Press, 18.06.2007 - 592 Seiten 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. |
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Classical Source Material | 21 |
Regional Literary Expressions | 137 |
Philosophy and Theology | 307 |
Hagiography and Praxis | 475 |
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Advaita aesthetic Arjuna arrows avatara beautiful beloved Bhagavad Gita Bhagavan Bhagavata Purana bhakti birth bliss body Brahman Braj Chaitanya chariot commentary cowherd cows dance darshan deity demons devotion dharma divine Dvaraka earth edited eternal eyes flute forest Foundational Emotion gods Gopeshvar gopis Gosvami Govardhan Govardhan Hill Gujarat Hari Hariray heart Hiltebeitel Hindu Holy Name incarnation India Indra Ishvara Jara Jiva Jiva Gosvami Karna king Kumbhandas lila Lord Lord’s lotus love for Krishna Madhva Madhvacharya Mahabharata manifest Mathura maya meditation mind Mirabai Narada Narasinha Narayana nature one’s Pandavas parijata person play poems poet praise Pushtimarga Radha Rama Ramanuja rasa refers Rupa Sandarbha Sanskrit Satyabhama says seva Shankara Shiva Shri Krishna Shri Nathji singing songs story supreme sutra svarup Tamil temple tradition translation tree University Vaishnava Vallabha Varta Vasudeva Vedanta Vedas Vedic verse Vishnu Vitthalnath Vrindavan Vyasa words worship Yashoda yoga Yogamaya Yudhishthira