The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry

by W. G. Archer

CONTENTS

[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
[I INTRODUCTION]
[II THE MAHABHARATA: KRISHNA THE HERO]
[III THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: THE COWHERD]
[(i) Birth and Early Adventures]
[(ii) The Loves of the Cowgirls]
[(iii) The Death of the Tyrant]
[IV THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: THE PRINCE]
[(i) The Return to Court]
[(ii) Marriages and Offspring]
[(iii) Last Phases]
[(iv) The Purana Re-considered]
[V THE KRISHNA OF POETRY]
[(i) The Triumph of Radha]
[(ii) The Gita Govinda]
[(iii) Later Poetry]
[(iv) The Rasika Priya]
[VI THE KRISHNA OF PAINTING]
[NOTES]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
[INDEX]
[THE PLATES AND COMMENTARY]
[SOURCES]

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