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The Visnu Purana: Ancient Annals of the God with Lotus Eyes

Poetry, Drama & Criticism

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Visnu is a central deity in the Hindu pantheon, especially in his manifestation as the seductive cattle-herding youth, Krsna. The puranas are sacred texts, which, as the Sanskrit name implies, are collections of narratives from ‘long ago’. The Visnu Purana is thus an ancient account of the universe and guide to life, which places Visnu-Krsna at the centre of creation, theology and reality itself. This text, composed about 1,500 years ago, provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the most important themes and narratives that constitute the Hindu imagination: the creation and destruction of the universe, the origin of gods and mortals, the peopling of the world, and the structure and conduct of ideal brahminical society. The Visnu Purana describes the trials of exemplary devotees, the existential struggles between gods and demons, and the exploits of legendary cultural heroes. It also contains many ecstatic songs of praise for the deity. The ever-popular accounts of Krsna’s love games with the cattle-herding girls of Vrndavana, which have proliferated in literature, dance, song and visual arts over the millennia, are found here in authoritative form. This faithful yet fluent blank-verse rendering of this great Hindu classic is the first new English translation in nearly 200 years. It will be welcomed by the scholarly community, while remaining readily accessible to a general readership.

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Format: paperback
ASIN: 1760464406
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 23 June 2021
Listed Since: 24 June 2021

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