Beck Alternative Krishnas

Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8341-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Going beyond the standard depictions of Krishna in the epics, this book uses regional and vernacular sources to present a wide range of Krishna traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beck, Guy L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
Guy L. Beck

2. Contemporary Metaphor Theory and Alternative Views of Krishna and Radha in Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Traditions
Glen Alexander Hayes

3. Folk Vaishnavism and the Thakur Pañcayat: Life and Status among Village Krishna Statues
June McDaniel

4. Domesticating Krishna: Friendship, Marriage, and Women’s Experience in a Hindu Women’s Ritual Tradition
Tracy Pintchman

5. Krishna as Loving Husband of God: The Alternative Krishnology of the Radhavallabha Sampradaya
Guy L. Beck

6. HolŒ through DaujŒ’s Eyes: Alternate Views of Krishna and Balarama in DaujŒ
A. Whitney Sanford
7. A Family Affair: Krishna Comes to Pandharpur and Makes Himself at Home
Christian Lee Novetzke

8. Dance before Doom: Krishna in the Non-Hindu Literature of Early Medieval South India
Anne E. Monius

9. Hero of Wonders, Hero in Deeds: Vasudeva Krishna in Jaina Cosmohistory
Jerome H. Bauer

10. Epiphany in Radha’s Arbor: Nature and the Reform of Bhakti in Hariaudh’s Priyapravas
Valerie Ritter

Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Guy L. Beck, a religious historian, teaches Hinduism and Asian Religions in the Religious Studies Program at Tulane University. He is the author of Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound.