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At Play with Krishna : Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan / John Stratton Hawley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 873Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1981Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (358 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691611594
  • 9781400859122
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2/1/09542 19
LOC classification:
  • PK1967.7
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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