Radha, a Social Rebel: Female Sexuality in the Vaishnava Padavalis of Bengal

This article attempts to analyse the erotic-mystical nature of the "padavalis" (song-series) of the Bengal school of Vaishnavism between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries. It projects the extramarital love of Radha and Krishna against the rigid "kulin" (clan system) of Beng...

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Main Author: Chakravarty, Saumitra (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2018
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 43-56
Further subjects:B Bengal
B Erotic
B Vaishnava
B Padavalis
B Mystical
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