Krishna, the butter thief /

The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur...

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Main Author: Hawley, John Stratton, 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781400855407
1400855403
9780691065519
0691065519
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Contents; List of Illustrations ; Part I. Before Sūr Dās ; Part II. The Sūr Sāgar ; Part III. The Rās Līlās ; Part IV. Interpretation; Appendix A. Tables of Krsnacarita Sculptures to 1500 A.D.