Krishna: A Sourcebook
Edwin Francis 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, sectarian, poetic, literary, and philosophical.
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Contents
Introduction
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3 |
Classical Source Material
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21 |
Regional Literary Expressions
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137 |
Philosophy and Theology
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307 |
Hagiography and Praxis
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475 |
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According appears Arjuna arrows associated beautiful become beginning Bhagavan Bhagavata bhakti birth body Brahman Braj called cause century Chaitanya chapter commentary considered cowherd cows dance dark death deity described desire devotees devotion dharma divine earth edited emotions eternal existence experience eyes face feet first forest four Gita give gods gopis hand Hari hear heart highest Hindu Holy human India indicates Indra Jiva Karna kill king knowledge known Kumbhandas lila living look Lord Mahabharata manifest maya means mind mother Narada nature night object offering original performed person play poems praise present Press Purana qualities Rama rasa refers Rupa Sanskrit says sense seva Shri Krishna singing songs story sutra temple term things thought tradition translation tree types University Vaishnava various Vedas verse Vishnu women worship