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Jayadeva’s Gitagovínda is a lyrical account of the illicit springtime love affair of Krishna and Radha, a god and goddess manifesting on earth as a cowherd and milkmaid for the sake of relishing the sweet miseries and rapturous delights of erotic love. The narrative framing their bucolic songs was composed under royal patronage in northeastern India in the twelfth century. It was to be performed for connoisseurs of poetry and the erotic arts, for aesthetes and voluptuaries who, while sensually engaged, were at the same time devoted to Krishna as Lord of the Universe. The text at once celebrates the vicissitudes of carnal love and the transports of religious devotion, merging and reconciling those realms of emotion and experience. Erotic and religious sensibilities serve, and are served by, the pleasures of poetry. In the centuries following its composition, the courtly text became a vastly popular inspirational hymnal. Jayadeva's songs continue to be sung throughout India in fervent devotional adoration of Krishna.

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Radha (Hindu deity) --- Hindu goddesses --- Radha (Divinité hindoue) --- Déesses hindoues --- Rādhā (Hindu deity) --- Goddesses, Hindu --- Congresses. --- Rādhā (Hindu deity) --- Rādhā (Divinité hindoue) --- Déesses hindoues --- Rādhā (Hindu deity) - Congresses. --- Goddesses, Hindu - Congresses.

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Krishna (Hindu deity) --- -Radha (Hindu deity) --- -Poetry --- Poetry --- Rādhā (Hindu deity) --- Poetry.

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Krishna—widely venerated and adored in the Hindu tradition—is a deity of many aspects. An ancient manifestation of the Supreme God Vishnu, or the Godhead itself, Krishna is the bringer of Yoga philosophy and the creator of the universe, the destroyer of evil tyrants, and the hero of the epic Mahabharata. He is also described in classical Sanskrit texts as having human characteristics and enjoying very human pursuits: Krishna is the butter thief, cowherd, philanderer, and flute player. Yet even these playful depictions are based upon descriptions found in the Sanskrit canon, and mostly reflect familiar, classical Pan-Indian images.In this book, contributors examine the alternative, or unconventional, Krishnas, offering examples from more localized Krishna traditions found in different regions among various ethnic groups, vernacular language traditions, and remote branches of Indian religions. These wide-ranging, alternative visions of Krishna include the Tantric Krishna of Bengal, Krishna in urban women's rituals, Krishna as monogamous husband and younger brother in Braj, Krishna in Jainism, Krishna in Marathi tradition, Krishna in South India, and the Krishna of nineteenth-century reformed Hinduism.

Hinduism --- Customs and practices. --- Krishna --- Christna --- Gopal --- Kr̥ṣṇa --- Govinda --- Mohan --- Gopala --- Bal Gopal --- Cult. --- Krishna (Hindu deity) --- Radha --- Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric traditions --- Vaishnavism --- the Thakur Pancayat --- Krishna statues --- Hindu women --- ritual tradition --- Radhavallabha Sampradaya --- Dauji --- Balarama --- Pandharpur --- early medieval South India --- Vasudeva Krishna --- Jaina cosmohistory --- Radha's Arbor --- Bhakti --- Hariaudhi's Priyapravas --- Holi

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the Hare Krishna Movement --- worldwide Krishna-devotionalism --- spiritual practice --- new religious movements --- organisational patterns --- developments --- chanting --- ISKCON membership in the UK --- Prabhupada --- devotional life --- the consciousness of surrender --- the surrendered consciousness --- Lord Krishna --- Srila Prabhupada --- strategy of Cultural Conquest --- ISKCON --- self-identity --- Radha --- feminism --- deity