At Play with Krishna: Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan [Course Book ed.] 9781400859122
Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child. There,
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
TRANSLITERATION
CHAPTER I Pilgrimage to Brindavan
CHAPTER II. The Birth of Krishna
CHAPTER III. The Theft of the Flute
CHAPTER IV. The Great Circle Dance
CHAPTER V. The Coming of Akrūr
NOTES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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At Play with Krishna
At Play with Krishna PILGRIMAGE DRAMAS FROM BRINDA VAN
John Stratton Hawley IN
ASSOCIATION
WITH
SHRIVATSA GOSWAMI
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Copyright © 1981 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Guildford, Surrey All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data will be found on the last printed page of this book Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the Paul Mellon Fund of Princeton University Press This book has been composed in APS-5 Trump Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey ISBN 0-691-06470-9 ISBN 0-691-01419-1 |pbk.) First Princeton Paperback printing, 1985
to Sri Radha Raman JI and for Laura and Sandhya
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE TRANSLITERATION
ix xi XV
CHAPTER I
Pilgrimage to Brindavan
3
CHAPTER II
The Birth of Krishna
52
CHAPTER III
The Theft of the Flute
10