Alternative Krishnas: Regional And Vernacular Variations On A Hindu Deity

Cover......Page 1
Alternative Krishnas: REGIONAL AND VERNACULAR VARIATIONS ON A HINDU DEITY......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 10
2. Contemporary Metaphor Theory and Alternative Views of Krishna and Radha in Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Traditions......Page 28
3. Folk Vaishnavism and the Thakur Pañcayat Life and Status among Village Krishna Statues......Page 42
4. Domesticating Krishna: Friendship, Marriage, and Women’s Experience in a Hindu Women’s Ritual Tradition......Page 52
5. Krishna as Loving Husband of God: The Alternative Krishnology of the Radhavallabha Sampradaya......Page 74
6. Holi through Dauji's Eyes: Alternate Views of Krishna and Balarama in Daui......Page 100
7. A Family Affair Krishna Comes to Pandharpur and Makes Himself at Home......Page 122
8. Dance before Doom: Krishna in the Non-Hindu Literature of Early Medieval South India......Page 148
9. Hero of Wonders, Hero in Deeds: Vasudeva Krishna in Jaina Cosmohistory......Page 160
10. Epiphany in Radha’s Arbor Nature and the Reform of Bhakti in Hariaudh’s Priyapravas......Page 186
Contributors......Page 218
D......Page 222
K......Page 223
R......Page 224
V......Page 225
Y......Page 226