Krishna as Vishnu

[Walter Slaje]

The following titles may also be of some help:

Podzeit, Utz: Bemerkungen zum "Sinn" des Namens Vasudeva.
In: WZKS 38(1994), S. 191-200.

Schmid, Charlotte: Représentations de Naraya?a dans la Mathura d'époque Kouchane:
In: JA 285,1(1997), S. 235-280.

Narayaniya-Studien. Hrsg. von P. Schreiner, A. Malinar, R. Gruenendahl, Th. Oberlies.
Wiesbaden 1997 [Purana Research Publications. 6.]

Couture, André: The emergence of a group of four characters (Vasudeva, Sa?kar?a?a, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha) in the Hariva?sa points for consideration.
In: JIP 34 S. 571-585.

WS


 "Dipak Bhattacharya" <mailto:dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN> schrieb:
> The Mahabharata registers an integration in the early centuries of the present era. The Vaasudeva element was made a part of the Pancaraatra philosophy ie the philosophical foundation of the Vaisnavas at not too distant an age. The best synchronic discussions will be found in Gopinath Kaviraj's works.  But those are mostly available in Bengali and Hindi. Gonda hardly helps.
> DB
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> --- On Sat, 28/2/09, Harsha Dehejia <mailto:harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> From: Harsha Dehejia <mailto:harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Krishna as Vishnu
> To: mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Date: Saturday, 28 February, 2009, 6:34 PM
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> Friends:
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> I am researching multi-arm images of Krishna.
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> It seems to be that at some point Krishna ceases to be an avatara and becomes
> Vishnu himself.
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> A case in point is Jagganath Puri where Krishna is Jagganath, an appellation
> reserved for Vishnu.
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> A Nepali stone image (?12 th century) that I recently saw shows Krishna with 8
> arms holding even a Sudarshan chakra.
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> Am I on the right track? Any help would be appreciated.
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> Regards.
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> Harsha V. Dehejia
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> Ottawa, ON., Canada.
> 


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