Kṛṣṇa: Lord or Avatāra? : the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Viṣṇu : in the context of the avatāra myth as presented by the Harivaṃśa, the Viṣṇupurāṇa and the Bhāgavatapurāṇa

Freda Matchett

This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations (avataras) of Vishnu. All three use much the same traditional material, yet each, by arranging this material in its own way, presents a distinctive view of Krishna, and the most influential of them, the Bhagavata , builds up a world view in which Krishna, not Vishnu, is supreme.

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[目次]

  • Krishna, Vishnu and the "avatara" myth: the "avatara" drama -Krishna as actor and as role
  • three versions of the "avatara" drama. Epic evaluations of Krishna: Krishna and Vishnu in the "Mahabharata"
  • varying perspectives in the "Harivamsa". Krishna in the "Harivamsa": Vishnu disguised as a cow-herd
  • Vishnu disguised by his weapons
  • Krishna and Vishnu in the "Harivamsa". The all-pervading Vishnu: the ideal "purana"?
  • Vishnu as the supreme reality
  • the basic forms of Vishnu
  • the forms of Vishnu manifest in the cosmos. Krishna in the "Vishnupurana": "Rupa" and "avatara"
  • the paradox of the "Visnupurana's Krsnacarita"
  • Krishna in the "Harivamsa" and the "Visnupurana". The bible of Krishnaism: the "Bhagvatapurana" in relation to the "Harivamsa" and the "Visnupurana"
  • the Krishna-shaped cosmos. Krishna in the "Bhagvatapurana": retelling the old story
  • new episodes in the "Bhagvata's" story of Krishna
  • "Bhagvata 10" and the other Krishnacaritas. The lord's cosmic play: the "avatara" lists of the "Bhagvata's" story of Krishna
  • the purpose of the "avataras". The supreme reality: Krishna or Vishnu?
  • Krishna and Vishnu in three perspectives
  • the lord of the "avataras"
  • integrity and creativity.

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書名 Kṛṣṇa: Lord or Avatāra? : the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Viṣṇu : in the context of the avatāra myth as presented by the Harivaṃśa, the Viṣṇupurāṇa and the Bhāgavatapurāṇa
著作者等 Matchett Freda
シリーズ名 Curzon studies in Asian religion
出版元 Curzon
刊行年月 2001
ページ数 x, 254 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 070071281X
NCID BA51468353
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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