Pradyumna

In his seamless combination of close textual study and gender analysis, Austin has given us an outstanding methodological blueprint for studying early Indic texts. Drawing from archeological and early textual sources, he convincingly demonstrates that the narratives of Pradyumna articulate ways to resolve 'deep-seated anxieties and conflicts attending the sexual maturation of males.' A fascinating and informative read, Austin's study is a must for scholars of the Indian epic, literary, and religious traditions.

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Christopher R. Austin completed his BA and MA degrees in Religious Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and PhD at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is presently Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Classics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches widely across all major religious traditions of South and East Asia, as well as Sanskrit and South Asian History. His principal areas of research are in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata and particularly its supplement the Harivamsa, the biographical traditions of Krishna's life and his son Pradyumna, and early Vaisnavism.

Klappentext
This book examines an important figure of Hindu mythology and literature who until now has been almost entirely ignored by scholars of Indian religion: Pradyumna, the son of the Hindu god Krsna. Pradyumna: Lover, Magician and Scion of the Avatara assembles the most important narratives of this character, offering a long-view analysis of his evolving mythology over the period 300-1300 CE.

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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter One: Pradyumna, the Vrishnis and the Bhagavatas
Chapter Two: Pradyumna in the Mahabharata: Epic Episodes and Ideologies
Chapter Three: Pradyumna and his Foundation Narrative in the Critical Text Harivamsa
Chapter Four: Pradyumna-Kamadeva in the Major Vaisnava Puranas
Chapter Five: The Jain Pradyumnacarita
Chapter Six: Late Developments of the Harivamsa and the Prabhavati Episode
Chapter Seven: A Kavya Casting for Pradyumna: The Pradyumnabhyudaya of Ravivarman
Conclusion
Appendix: The Pradyumna-Prabhavati Legend (HV App. I 29F)
References
Notes
Index

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