At Play with Krishna

Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan

John Stratton Hawley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

358 Seiten

2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-63959-8 (ISBN)

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Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child. There, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John Hawley provides a lively perspective on the mythology of Krishna as Hindus experience it today. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*TRANSLITERATION, pg. xv*CHAPTER I Pilgrimage to Brindavan, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. The Birth of Krishna, pg. 52*CHAPTER III. The Theft of the Flute, pg. 106*CHAPTER IV. The Great Circle Dance, pg. 155*CHAPTER V. The Coming of Akrur, pg. 227*NOTES, pg. 275*GLOSSARY, pg. 311*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 321*INDEX, pg. 333

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	652 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-691-63959-0 / 0691639590
ISBN-13	978-0-691-63959-8 / 9780691639598
Zustand	Neuware