A Deferential Krsna: The Unstolen Cows of Harivamsa 113
This paper examines the concluding scene (chapter 113) of the Harivamsa’s Krsna biography, in which Krsna tries to steal some cows, but then chooses not to. I argue that the episode should be understood first in connection with the Mahabharata’s amsavatarana frame of partial incarnations. Secondly,...
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2022
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Religions of South Asia
Jahr: 2022, Band: 16, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 115-136 |
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