In the Service of Krishna

Illustrating the Lives of Eighty-Four Vaishnavas from a 1702 Manuscript

von Emilia Bachrach

176 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Pushtimarg, or the Path of Grace, is a Hindu tradition whose ritual worship of the deity Krishna has developed in close relationship to a distinct genre of early-modern Hindi prose hagiography. This volume introduces readers to the most popular hagiographic text of the Pushtimarg-the Chaurasi Vaishnavan ki Varta, or "Narratives of Eighty-Four Vaishnavas," which tells the sacred life stories of the community's first preceptor Vallabhacharya (1497-1531) and his most beloved disciples. At the core of these narratives are descriptions of how Vallabhacharya's disciples cultivated intimate relationships with Lord Krishna through ritual performances known as seva, or loving service. Despite the widespread practice of illustrating seva through painting, these narratives, which showcase everyday men and women, have rarely been visually depicted. This book focuses on the only extant Chaurasi Vaishnavan ki Varta manuscript dated to the beginning of the 18th century, now in artist Amit Ambalal's collection.;The volume will appeal to scholars and students of Indian art and literature, to those who have grown up in the Pushtimarg tradition, and more broadly to those with an appreciation for the distinct ways in which pictures can tell stories that unite the everyday with intimate experiences of the Divine.

• Themen: Kunst Themen und Techniken Religiöse und zeremonielle Motive in der Kunst
• ISBN: 9789385360558
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2020
• Größe: 292 x 221 mm
• Verlag: Mapin Publishing Pvt