General Introduction
Section One: Classical Source Material
1.: Alf Hiltebeitel: Krishna in the Mahabharata: the Death of
Karna
2.: Robert N. Minor: Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita
3.: Ekkhard Lorenz: Harivamsha: The Dynasty of Krishna
4.: Edwin F. Bryant: Krishna and the Bhagavata Purana
Section Two: Regional Literary Expressions
5.: Bijoy M. Misra: Orissa -- Shri Krishna Jagannath: Translation
of Mushali Parva from Sarala's Mahabharata
6.: William L. Smith: Assam -- Shankaradeva's Parijata Harana
Nata
7.: Vasudha Narayanan: Tamil Nadu -- Weaving Garlands in Tamil: the
Poetry of the Alvars
8: Vidyut Aklujkar: Maharashtra -- Games with God: Sakhya Bhakti in
Marathi Sant Poetry
9.: John Stratton Hawley: Vraj -- Fishing in Sur's Ocean
10.: Nancy Martin: Rajasthan -- Mirabhai and her Poetry
11.: Neelima Shukla Bhatt: Gujarat -- Krishna in the Poetry of
Narasimha Mehta
12.: Steven P. Hopkins: Sanskrit from Tamil Nadu -- At Play in the
Forests of the Lord: The Gopalavimshati of Vedanta Deshika
Section Three: Philosophy and Theology
13.: Lance E. Nelson: Krishna in Advaita Vedanta: The Supreme
Brahman in Human Form
14.: Francis X. Clooney, S.J.: Ramanuja and the Meaning of
Krishna's Descent and Embodiment on this Earth
15.: Deepak Sharma: Madhva Vedanta and Krishna
16.: Satyanarayana Dasa: The Six Sandarbhas of Jiva Gosvamin
17.: David Haberman: A Selection from the Bhaktirasamritasindhu of
Rupa Gosvamin
18.: Graham Schweig: The Divine Feminine in the Theology of
Krishna
Section Four: Hagiography and Praxis
19.: Richard Barz: Kumbhandas: the Devotee as Salt of the Earth
20.: Paul Arney: A Vallabhite Guidebook for the Worship of
Krishna's Divine Images
21.: Paul Sherbow: Vaishnava Pilgrimage: Select Puranic Texts
22.: Neal Delmonico: Chaitanya Vaishnavism and the Holy Names
"This book provides a fine overview of the diversity, strengths, and weaknesses of the current state of American research on Krishna. ...Krishna: A Sourcebook is to be recommended to all those interested in this Hindu deity. Even experts in the area are sure to discover gems as they move through the useful research found in this volume." --Journal of the American Oriental Society
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