Knowing Me, Knowing You: Hindu Goddess Traditions According to Jinasena's Harivaṃśapurāṇa.
In 783 CE, Jinasena, a Digambara Jaina, composed the Harivaṃśapurāṇa, a text best known as the first Jaina retelling of Vyāsa's Mahābhārata and Harivaṃśa. In it, Jinasena narrates the birth of Kṛṣṇa and the origin of Kṛṣṇa devotion in a world cohabited by Jainas. However, Jinasena does not confine h...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Hindu Studies Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 85 - 110 |
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