BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL: KRSNA IN THE MAHABHARATA
Journal Title: International Journal of History and Research (IJHR) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Kṛṣṇa in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata has complex roles. His rise to power and divinity has drawn many speculations and hypotheses from a number of Indologists around the world. Some critics believe that he “was not a god in the ‘original’ Mahabharata” (Das 94) and that additions and interpolations by his devotees “have raised him to divinity” (Dowson 161). Devout Hindus, on the other hand, believe Kṛṣṇa to be a born God, an avatar of Visnu and rule out the possibility that he was elevated to the status of God through interpolations. This article follows Kṛṣṇa through the Mahabharata narratives, right from his first entry till his demise, as an attempt to analyze his rise to divinity.
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