At Play with Krishna (eBook)

Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan

John Stratton Hawley (Autor)

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2014
358 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5912-2 (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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Agrasen • Arthur Berriedale Keith • Asceticism • aurangzeb • Balarama • Barsana • bathing • before sunrise • Bhagavad Gita • Bhagavata • Bhajan • Bhakti • Brahma • Brahmin • Braj • Brinda (choreographer) • Christianity • Circle dance • Circumambulation • City of • Dance in India • deity • Devaki • Draupadi • duryodhana • Fasting • Filial Piety • Game of Dice • ghat • Gokul • Gopi • goswami • Govind • Great King • Hare Krishna (mantra) • Harvard University • Herder • Herod the Great • Hindu • Hindu deities • holy water • humility • Incarnation (Christianity) • Indian religions • International Society for Krishna Consciousness • In This World • John the Baptist • Kaliya • kathak • Krishna Krishna • Lentil • Maharaja • Mark Juergensmeyer • meal • Miraculous births • Mirzapur • Missionary • Missionary (LDS Church) • Mortification of the flesh • Mosque • names of god • Nanda Baba • Nestorianism • Nidhi • officiant • piety • Potentate • prostration • pundit • Puranas • Rajasthan • Rajput • Rang • Rang (TV Channel) • Raskhan • Rati • religious text • Righteousness • Sanskrit • Sharing • Shrivatsa • Sibilant • South India • Srirangam • Surdas • Swinging (sexual practice) • Tabla • The Great Snake • Theology • The Other Hand • The Various • tilde • Tirtha (Jainism) • tranquillity • turmeric • veneration • Vishnu • vowel • Yamuna • yogurt
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5912-3 / 1400859123
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5912-2 / 9781400859122