Singing Krishna: Sound Becomes Sight in Paramanand's Poetry

by Whitney Sanford

Singing Krishna introduces Paramānand, one of north India's greatest medieval poet-saints, whose poetry has been sung from the sixteenth century to the present in ritual service to the Hindu deity Krishna. A. Whitney Sanford examines how hearing Paramānand's poetry in ritual context serves as a threshold for devotees between this world and Krishna's divine world. To "see Krishna" is a primary goal of the devotee, and Paramānand deftly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791473953
• ISBN13: 9780791473955
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"