Dance of Divine Love: The Rasa Lila of Krishna from the Bhagavata Purana, India's Classic Sacred Love Story

by Graham M. Schweig

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691114463
• ISBN13: 9780691114460
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"