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Christopher Austin, "Pradyumna: Lover, Magician, and Scion of the Avatara" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Christopher Austin, "Pradyumna: Lover, Magician, and Scion of the Avatara" (Oxford UP, 2019)
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57 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2019
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This is the first sustained study of an important figure in Hindu narrative, one largely obscure to readers and scholars alike: Kṛṣṇa's son Pradyumna. In Pradyumna: Lover, Magician, and Scion of the Avatara (Oxford University Press, 2019), Christopher Austin traces the evolution of Pradyumna's persona, placing it in historical context, across its iterations over time. He highlights the very gendered features of Pradyumna's Oedipal tale.
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Released:
Dec 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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