The Sword and the Flute. Kālī and Kṛṣṇa, Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3969357
AutoresErnest Bender, David R Kinsley, David Kinsley (University of Toronto)
Ano1979
Volume99
Fascículo3
Páginas548
Data de publicação1979-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/602520
OpenAlexW2072029914
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12

Krsna and Kali are two of Hinduism s most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. The cruel and terrible Kali is thought to be born of wild, aboriginal roots. She is the goddess of thieves and often associated with human blood sacrifice. Krsna, in contrast, is the divine lover and inimitable prankster who plays a bewitching flute to draw all to him. But Kali and Krsna have much more in common than their contrasting personalities suggest. Kinsley shows that Krsna s flute can be interchangeable with Kali s sword, revealing important perceptions of the divine in the Hindu tradition

Art · Art history · Flute · Hinduism · Literature · Mythology · Sublime · SWORD · Theology · Vision · Engineering · Indian History and Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy