Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Edwin F. Bryant (Associate Professor of Hinduism, Associate Professor of Hinduism, Rutgers University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 16.80cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9780195148923

ISBN 10:   0195148924
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   14 June 2007
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

Table of Contents

General Introduction Section One: Classical Source Material 1.: Alf Hiltebeitel: Krishna in the Mahabharata: the Death of Karna 2.: Robert N. Minor: Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita 3.: Ekkhard Lorenz: Harivamsha: The Dynasty of Krishna 4.: Edwin F. Bryant: Krishna and the Bhagavata Purana Section Two: Regional Literary Expressions 5.: Bijoy M. Misra: Orissa -- Shri Krishna Jagannath: Translation of Mushali Parva from Sarala's Mahabharata 6.: William L. Smith: Assam -- Shankaradeva's Parijata Harana Nata 7.: Vasudha Narayanan: Tamil Nadu -- Weaving Garlands in Tamil: the Poetry of the Alvars 8: Vidyut Aklujkar: Maharashtra -- Games with God: Sakhya Bhakti in Marathi Sant Poetry 9.: John Stratton Hawley: Vraj -- Fishing in Sur's Ocean 10.: Nancy Martin: Rajasthan -- Mirabhai and her Poetry 11.: Neelima Shukla Bhatt: Gujarat -- Krishna in the Poetry of Narasimha Mehta 12.: Steven P. Hopkins: Sanskrit from Tamil Nadu -- At Play in the Forests of the Lord: The Gopalavimshati of Vedanta Deshika Section Three: Philosophy and Theology 13.: Lance E. Nelson: Krishna in Advaita Vedanta: The Supreme Brahman in Human Form 14.: Francis X. Clooney, S.J.: Ramanuja and the Meaning of Krishna's Descent and Embodiment on this Earth 15.: Deepak Sharma: Madhva Vedanta and Krishna 16.: Satyanarayana Dasa: The Six Sandarbhas of Jiva Gosvamin 17.: David Haberman: A Selection from the Bhaktirasamritasindhu of Rupa Gosvamin 18.: Graham Schweig: The Divine Feminine in the Theology of Krishna Section Four: Hagiography and Praxis 19.: Richard Barz: Kumbhandas: the Devotee as Salt of the Earth 20.: Paul Arney: A Vallabhite Guidebook for the Worship of Krishna's Divine Images 21.: Paul Sherbow: Vaishnava Pilgrimage: Select Puranic Texts 22.: Neal Delmonico: Chaitanya Vaishnavism and the Holy Names

Reviews

This book provides a fine overview of the diversity, strengths, and weaknesses of the current state of American research on Krishna. ...Krishna: A Sourcebook is to be recommended to all those interested in this Hindu deity. Even experts in the area are sure to discover gems as they move through the useful research found in this volume. Journal of the American Oriental Society

<br> This book provides a fine overview of the diversity, strengths, and weaknesses of the current state of American research on Krishna. ...Krishna: A Sourcebook is to be recommended to all those interested in this Hindu deity. Even experts in the area are sure to discover gems as they move through the useful research found in this volume. --Journal of the American Oriental Society<br>

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions