Nara-Narayana

[Michael Witzel]

There is a long and very detailed paper on the development, starting  
with  Vedic sources,  of Narayana
by the lamented, early-departed

Hertha Krick:
Narayana und Opfertod,

Wiener Zeitschrift zur Kunde Südasiens,
vol. 21, 1977, 71-142

See further this google page:

<http://books.google.com/books? 
id=2jnPlEqwe_UC&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=Krick 
+narayana&source=bl&ots=EOAD5r7iQf&sig=vKbweIn- 
TvQJ4DuZFcwEHkED1Ao&hl=en&ei=98yTS7-LK8- 
vtgehrInVCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=one 
page&q=Krick%20narayana&f=false>


Cheers,
M.W.


On Mar 6, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Andrew Nicholson wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Can anyone recommend good books or articles on the theology and  
> mythology
> of Nara-Narayana?  I am especially interested in the way they were
> understood in Pancaratra texts.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Andrew
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> Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
> Stony Brook University
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