Krsna: Lord or Avatara?

The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
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Author: Freda Matchett ISBN: 9781136118425
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Freda Matchett
ISBN: 9781136118425
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations (avataras) of Vishnu. All three use much the same traditional material, yet each, by arranging this material in its own way, presents a distinctive view of Krishna, and the most influential of them, the Bhagavata , builds up a world view in which Krishna, not Vishnu, is supreme.

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This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations (avataras) of Vishnu. All three use much the same traditional material, yet each, by arranging this material in its own way, presents a distinctive view of Krishna, and the most influential of them, the Bhagavata , builds up a world view in which Krishna, not Vishnu, is supreme.

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