Journey Through the Twelve Forests An Encounter with Krishna

Name: Journey Through the Twelve Forests An Encounter with Krishna
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ISBN: 9780195084795

ISBN-10: 0195084799

ISBN-13: 9780195084795

Edition: 1994

Authors: David L. Haberman

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A lively account of the Ban Yatra, a circular pilgrimage that takes place in the northern Indian land of Braj, this anthropological chronicle offers an appealing mixture of personal anecdote, religious theory, Indian history, and tales of the gods. Basing his work on personal experience in the field, as well as a combination of primary sources in Sanskrit, Hindi, and Bengali--many untranslated and unstudied in Western languages--and a wide range of secondary literature, Haberman places the pilgrimage in its cultural and historical context, interweaving his account with retellings of the tales of Krishna around which the journey revolves. The first thorough study of this kind of cyclical…

Book details

List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/28/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 8.15" wide x 5.51" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




Beginnings



The Twelve Forests



Hungry Mountains and Ponds of Love



Into the Desert



Playing Around



Surrender and Return


Appendix


Glossary


Bibliography


Index