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Krishna in the Hariv...
Krishna in the Harivamsha: Vol. 1
The Wonderful Play of a Cosmic Child by: Andre CoutureThe thirteen texts of this book address various aspects of Krishnas childhood in the Harivamsha. It demonstrates that these stories of Krishnas childhood were carefully composed by brahmanas who knew fully well what they were doing.
₹1,166.00
ISBN: 9788124608241
Year Of Publication: 2015
Edition: 1st Edition
Pages : viii, 362p.
Bibliographic Details : Bibliography; Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 700
Written over a thirty-year period, the thirteen texts of this book some of which have been updated, others translated from the original French address various aspects of Krishnas childhood in the Harivamsha. As a part of a continuous effort to better understand this oft-neglected complement to the Mahabharata, the present book demonstrates that these stories of Krishnas childhood were carefully composed by brahmanas who knew fully well what they were doing.
During the ten or so years he spends as a herder in the forest surrounding Mathura, Krishna prepares himself to kill the evil king Kamsa: when packs of wolves spring from the hairs of his body, he manifests his destructive power; he appears as a true avatara when he dives into the Yamuna to subdue the snake Kaliya; he reveals himself as a new Brahma able to create a new world when he uplifts Mount Govardhana with which he has just identified himself, then sheltering cows and herders in his own body.
It is authors contention throughout these chapters that these episodes cannot be dismissed as a hotchpotch of legends borrowed from the Abhiras or similar pastoral tribes. Neither does one do justice to the genre when one reinterprets the story symbolically, as if it were the product of an overactive imagination. Rejecting these positions, the author instead attempts to show here how these talented storytellers carefully crafted a narrative, often using material drawn from their own Vedic tradition, in order to address the new concerns of their audiences.
Volume I
The Wonderful Play of a Cosmic Child
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: The Harivamsha, Genre in Context
1.1 The Harivamsha: A Supplement to the Mahabharata
1.2 Akrura and the Bhagavata Tradition according to the Harivamsha
1.3 The Harivamsha and the Notion of Purana
1.4 Possibility of Assigning a Date for the Harivamsha
Part 2: Krishnas Birth in the Harivamsha
2.1 The Story of Samkarshana and Krishnas Births: A Drama Involving Embryos
2.2 Samkarshana and Krishnas Hair Births
2.3 The Problem of the Meaning of Yoganidras Name
Part 3: Krishnas Marvellous Childhood in the Harivamsha
3.1 Cowherd-Settlements and Forests in Three Ancient Versions of Krishnas Childhood
3.2 Krishnas Childhood according to the Harivamsha: Study of the Composition of the Narrative
3.3 Kubja, the Hunchbacked Woman Straightened Up by Krishna
3.4 Krishnas Strange Name of Damodara
3.5 The Winged Mountains: Variations on a Vedic Theme
Conclusion: Birds, Herders and Yogins in the Harivamsha
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Passages
Volume II (Forthcoming)
The Greatest of All Sovereigns and Masters
Part 4: Krishna and the Construction of Dvaraka
Part 5: The Omnipresent Goddess
Part 6: The Epic Narrative Without Oversimplification
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