Radha and Krishna in the Grove
Kangra (Punjab Hills), c. 1785
THE LOVES OF KRISHNA
IN INDIAN PAINTING AND POETRY
By
W. G. ARCHER
To
MR. AND MRS. H. N.
WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am deeply indebted to Dr. A.L. Basham for generous guidance
throughout the preparation of this book, to George Keyt for
permitting me to quote extensively from his brilliant translation
of the Gita Govinda, and to Deben Bhattacharya who supplied
me with new translations of later poems and discussed a number
of important points. I must also express my deep gratitude
to Mildred Archer and to Gopi Krishna Kanoria for valued
criticism and advice, to Messrs. Faber and Faber, the Harvill
Press, Messrs. Macmillan, the Oxford University Press, the
Phoenix House and Messrs. Sidgwick and Jackson for permitting
me to quote passages from works still copyright, to Professor
J. Brough for an informative note on Bhanu Datta's Rasamanjari
and to all those owners of collections who have either
allowed me to reproduce pictures in their possession or have
kindly supplied me with photographs.
Part of the material for this book was delivered as lectures to
the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon
Society and at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I INTRODUCTION
II THE MAHABHARATA: KRISHNA THE HERO
III THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: THE COWHERD
(i) Birth and Early Adventures
(ii) The Loves of the Cowgirls
(iii) The Death of the Tyrant
IV THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: THE PRINCE
(i) The Return to Court
(ii) Marriages and Offspring
(iii) Last Phases
(iv) The Purana Re-considered
V THE KRISHNA OF POETRY
(i) The Triumph of Radha
(ii) The Gita Govinda
(iii) Later Poetry
(iv) The Rasika Priya
VI THE KRISHNA OF PAINTING
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
THE PLATES AND COMMENTARY
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