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Dance of Divine Love: India´s Classic Sacred Love Story: The Rasa Lila of Krishna
Graham M. Schweig
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Description for Dance of Divine Love: India´s Classic Sacred Love Story: The Rasa Lila of Krishna
Hardback. Introduces the Rasa Lila, a dramatic love poem of exquisite poetry and profound theology to the Western world. This book explores the historical context and literary genre of the work and elucidates the aesthetic and emotional richness of the composition, highlighting poignant details of this drama of divine love. Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 halftones. 3 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham Schweig clearly demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story presents the supreme deity as the youthful and amorous cowherd, Krishna, who joins his beloved maidens in an enchanting and celebratory "dance of divine ... Read more
The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham Schweig clearly demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story presents the supreme deity as the youthful and amorous cowherd, Krishna, who joins his beloved maidens in an enchanting and celebratory "dance of divine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691114460
SKU
V9780691114460
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About Graham M. Schweig
Graham M. Schweig is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Indic Studies Program at Christopher Newport University. He earned his doctorate in Comparative Religion from Harvard University and has contributed articles to numerous journals and books in the field.
Reviews for Dance of Divine Love: India´s Classic Sacred Love Story: The Rasa Lila of Krishna
"This is the most complete presentation of the Rasa Lila, focusing on the text and story itself and looking at it, as it requires, from each of its many viewpoints. The scholarship and teaching quality are first-rate... Schweig's approach is inclusive, consciously reaching out to all levels of reader/devotee/connoisseur and clearly wishing not to leave anyone behind... [E]veryone interested in ... Read more