Krishna's Frolics with the Milkmaids: Humanizing Divinity or Sacralizing Profanity
The story of the sporting experience of Krishna with a group of milkmaids is most popular in the Hindu Vaisn ava tradition. It portrays Krishna as both a kinsman of the shepherd community in Vrn? davana (Vraj) and the supreme God, synonymous to Vishnu. The story starts with Krishna playing his flute...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2016]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-91 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Krishna
/ Game
/ Meiereimädchen
/ God
/ Humanization
/ The Profane
/ Sacralization
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| Further subjects: | B
Play
B Separation B Shepherds B SAHAJIYA B Krishna (Hindu deity) B Sacredness B Love B Sex B kama B Cosmology B Hindu gods |
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Volltext (doi) |