Freda Matchett

Krsna

Lord or Avatara?: The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations (avataras) of Vishnu. All three use much the same traditional material, yet each, by arranging this material in its own way, presents a distinctive view of Krishna, and the most influential of them, the Bhagavata, builds up a world view in which Krishna, not Vishnu, is supreme.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780700712816
• ISBN-10: 070071281X
• Artikelnr.: 26676662

Autorenporträt

Freda Matchett

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1 K???a
Vi??u and the avat?ra myth
2 Epic evaluations of K???a
3 K???a in the Hariva??a
4 The all-pervading Vi??u
5 K???a in the Vi??upur??a
6 The Bible of K???aism
7 K???a in the Bh?gavatapur??a
8 The Lord's cosmic play
9 The Supreme Reality: K???a or Vi??u?
Notes
Bibliography
Index