Krishna: A Sourcebook - Hardcover

Bryant, Edwin F.

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ISBN 10: 0195148916 ISBN 13: 9780195148916

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

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In the West Krishna is primarily known as the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita. But it is the stories of Krishna's childhood and his later exploits that have provided some of the most important and widespread sources of religious narrative in the Hindu religious landscape. This volume brings together new translations of representative samples of Krishna religious literature from a variety of genres -- classical, popular, regional, sectarian, poetic, literary, and philosophical.

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About the Author:

Edwin F. Bryant is Associate Professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University. He is the translator of Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God (2004); author of The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate (OUP, 2001); co-editor of: The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant (2004), and The Aryan Invasion: Evidence, Politics, History (2005), and has just completed a translation of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with Notes from the Traditional Commentators (2007).

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What Krishna: A Sourcebook does have to offer will be of value to students and research scholars interested in the rich variety of literary and performative traditions inspired by this most beloved deity. Tracy Pintchman, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

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