Krishna : a sourcebook

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Contributors; Introduction; PART I: Classical Source Material; 1. Krishna in the Mahabharata: The Death of Karna; 2. Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita; 3. The Harivamsa: The Dynasty of Krishna; 4. Krishna in the Tenth Book of the Bhagavata Purana; PART II: Regional Literary Expressions; 5. Orissa: Shri Krishna Jagannatha: The Mushali-parva from Sarala's Mahabharata; 6. Assam: Shankaradeva's Parijata Harana Nata; 7. Tamil Nadu: Weaving Garlands in Tamil: The Poetry of the Alvars; 8. Maharashtra: Games with God: Sakhya-bhakti in Marathi Sant Poetry; 9. Braj: Fishing in Sur's Ocean 10. Rajasthan: Mirabai and Her Poetry11. Gujarat: Govinda's Glory: Krishna-Lila in the songs of Narasinha Mehta; 12. Sanskrit from Tamil Nadu: At Play in the Forests of the Lord: The Gopalavimshati of Vedantadeshika; PART III: Philosophy and Theology; 13. Krishna in Advaita Vedanta: The Supreme Brahman in Human Form; 14. Ramanuja and the Meaning of Krishna's Descent and Embodiment on This Earth; 15. Madhva Vedanta and Krishna; 16. The Six Sandarbhas of Jiva Gosvami; 17. A Selection from the Bhaktirasamritasindhu of Rupa Gosvamin: The Foundational Emotions (Sthayi-bhavas) 18. The Divine Feminine in the Theology of KrishnaPART IV: Hagiography and Praxis; 19. Kumbhandas: The Devotee as Salt of the Earth; 20. The Bade Shikshapatra: A Vallabhite Guide to the Worship of Krishna's Divine Images; 21. Vaishnava Pilgrimage: Select Puranic Texts; 22. Chaitanya Vaishnavism and the Holy Names