Krishna: Lord or Avatara? - The Relationship Between Krishna and Vishnu (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion)

by Freda Matchett (Author)

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  A study of three Sanskrit texts belonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations ( avataras ) of Vishnu.