At Play with Krishna : : Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan / / John Stratton Hawley.
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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1981 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- TRANSLITERATION
- CHAPTER I Pilgrimage to Brindavan
- CHAPTER II. The Birth of Krishna
- CHAPTER III. The Theft of the Flute
- CHAPTER IV. The Great Circle Dance
- CHAPTER V. The Coming of Akrūr
- NOTES
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX