Dance of Divine Love : : India's Classic Sacred Love Story: The Rasa Lila of Krishna / / Graham M. Schweig.
The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Foreword / Hein, Norvin
- Acknowledgments
- Pronunciation
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction The Sacred Love Story
- Part I Poems from the Bhagavata Purana
- Dance of Divine Love: Rasa Lila
- Song of the Flute: Venu Gita
- Song of the Black Bee: Bhramara Gita
- Part II Textual Illuminations
- 1. Background of the Text
- 2. Aspects of the Story
- 3. Messages of the Text
- Part III Notes and Comments
- Introduction
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Act Four
- Act Five
- Part IV The Sanskrit Text
- Introduction
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Act Four
- Act Five
- Appendix 1 Note on Translation
- Appendix 2 Poetic Meters in Sanskrit Text
- Appendix 3 Synoptic Analysis of the Rasa Lila
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author