Krsna's Round Dance Reconsidered: Hariram Vyas's Hindi Ras-pancadhyayi / Edition 1

by Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels

Overview

Concerned with the process in Hinduism of reinterpreting classical texts and imbuing them with new inspiration. An example par excellence is Hariram Vyas's Ras-pancadhyayi, the earliest known Braj Bhasa version of the five chapters of Bhagavatapurana on Krsna's Dance with the Gopis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138974128
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2016
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Text and Transmission; Chapter 2 R?s-pañc?dhy?y?: Text and Translation; Chapter 3 The Tradition Reinterpreted; Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'This excellent study fills an important gap in the materials needed for continuing progress in the study of north Indian Krsna poetry and religion.' - Stuart McGregor, Bulletin of SOAS

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