The Abduction of Sri-Rukmini: Politics, Genealogy and Theology in Harivamsa 87-90

This article examines the Harivamsa’s rendering of Vasudeva Krsna’s encounter with and marriage to Rukmini of Vidarbha (HV 87-90), and proposes that this episode of Krsna’s life is of special importance to the Harivamsa’s larger concern to develop in full the Mahabharata’s partial portrait of the ad...

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Main Author: Austin, Christopher R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2014
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-46
Further subjects:B Genealogy
B Mahābhārata
B Rukmiṇī
B Kṛṣṇa
B Harivaṃśa
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