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31: 224: 223: 30: 189:, all the while concealing his divinity. These identities of the deity are juxtaposed, both conceived as a child and God, great and small, and an unknowable entity and an intimate lover. It is also noted for its description of the deity's 142:. The hymn is composed in a number of poetic metres, expressive of the themes of faith and the philosophical idealisation of the deity. The first stanza of the hymn forms the prologue of Vedanta Desika's epic poem, the 1188: 1001: 1381: 185:, a toddler who steals butter, a trickster, dancer, a cowherd who plays the flute, a slayer of malicious beings, as well as a handsome lover of the 1220: 1345: 1318: 1274: 1247: 1172: 1061: 1222:
A History Of The Classical Sanskrit Literature By M. Krishnamacharya, Mano Ranjani Series No. 7, 1906, Madras Vaijayanti Press, Madras
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in the reader. The work is written in a tone of wonder at the numerous forms of the deity, offering imagery in his role of a
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Vedanta Desika is regarded to have composed this work when he visited the temple of Krishna located at
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18th century painting of Krishna playing the flute with the gopis, Cleveland Museum of Art.
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In one of the stanzas of the hymn, the poet exclaims his love for Krishna:
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is an epithet of Krishna, literally meaning, "protector of cows", and
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University, Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru (2007-05-22).
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Hinduism
Vedanta Desika
Sanskrit
Sanskrit
romanized
Sanskrit
hymn
Hindu
Vedanta Desika
Krishna
avatar
Vishnu
Yadavabhyudaya
Gopala
Tiruvahindrapuram
devotion
mischievous child
gopis
a series
Vaishnavism
Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.
Vishnu
Krishna
Rama
Dashavatara
Matsya
Kurma
Varaha
Narasimha

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