Acting as a Way of Salvation PRODDU Santiniketan As may be recalled from

As may be recalled from our earlier Samkhya volume

The Puranas are classifiable as sattvika rajasa and tamasa on the strength of quality which they possess predominantly

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Acting as a Way of Salvation PRODDU Santiniketan As may be recalled from6th century Hindu theologian Rupa Gosvamin established a technique by which, in imitating significant figures in Krsna's dramatic world, a devotee might actually come to inhabit the world of the character. This book shows that the Hindu view of reality accepts such role playing, called Raganuga Bhakti Sadhana as a natural part of the human experience. The author explores Indian dramatic theory, Rupa's unique application of that theory to