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Title: Sword and the Flute-Kali and Krsna
Condition: New
Subtitle: Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology, With a New Preface
ISBN-10: 0520224760
Format: Paperback
Author: David Kinsley
EAN: 9780520224766
ISBN: 9780520224766
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date: 05/08/2000
Description: With a New Preface Kali and Krsna are two of Hinduism's most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. The cruel and terrible Kali is thought to be born of wild, aboriginal roots. She is the goddess of thieves and often associated with human blood sacrifice. Krsna, in contrast, is the divine lover and inimitable prankster who plays a bewitching flute to draw all to him. But Kali and Krsna have much more in common than their contrasting personalities suggest. Kinsley shows that Krsna's flute can be interchangeable with Kali's sword, revealing important perceptions of the divine in the Hindu tradition.
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Society & Culture
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 203mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Width: 13mm
Item Weight: 227g
Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions
Release Year: 2000

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