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Krsna: Lord or Avatara? Freda Matchett

Krsna: Lord or Avatara? By Freda Matchett

Krsna: Lord or Avatara? by Freda Matchett


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This book examines three of the Sanskrit texts belonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism, displaying the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them.

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Krsna: Lord or Avatara?: The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu by Freda Matchett

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.

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'The chapters are neatly put together so that the book makes for fluent and good reading suitable even for the general reader interested in the theme. As a scholarly work it will remain for a long time indispensable for anybody diving into the vastness and perplexity of puranic literature, in a part of which she has left useful signposts for guidance.' - Bulletin of SOAS


'the chapters are nearly put together so that the book makes for fluent and good reading suitable even for the general reader interested in the theme. As a scholarly work it will remain for a long time indispensable for anybody diving into the vastness and perplexity of puranic literature, in a part of which she has left useful signposts for guidance.' - Karel Werner, Bulletin of SOAS

About Freda Matchett

Freda Matchett

Table of Contents

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

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NPB9780700712816
9780700712816
070071281X
Krsna: Lord or Avatara?: The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu by Freda Matchett
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2000-12-08
268
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