tales of krishna’s childhood by dr. nandita krishna
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Presentation made by Dr. Nandita Krishna at the International Seminar on Mahabharata organized by Draupadi Trust in April 2012 at New Delhi.TRANSCRIPT
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GOPAS AND THEIR COWS
TALES OF KRISHNA’S CHILDHOOD
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BABY KRISHNA DRAGGING THE HEAVY MORTAR
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KRISHNA DEFEATING TWO ASURAS
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KRISHNA KILLING A DEMON
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KRISHNA ON GARUDA
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ANIRUDDHA BOUND BY BANA’S SNAKE ROPES. Central door of the southern gopura. 3RD ENCLOSURE
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KRISHNA FIGHTING BANA TO RESCUE HIS
GRANDSON.Central door of the northern gopura.
3rd enclosure
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DEVAS versus ASURASDEVAS versus ASURASS versus ASURA
KRISHNA ON GARUDA FIGHTS THE ASURA BANA
DEVAS VERSUS ASURAS
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KRISHNA LIFTING MOUNT GOVARDHANA
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KRISHNA LIFTING MOUNT GOVARDANA
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KRISHNA AND BALARAMA
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KRISHNA KILLING CANURA AND MUSHTIKA
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KRISHNA KILLING KAMSA
BANTEAY SREI
ANGKOR WAT
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NORTH LIBRARY EAST PEDIMENT, ANGKOR WAT. EPISODE FROM MAHABHARATA .
INDRA TRIES TO PUT OUT A FIRE IN THE KHANDAVA FOREST BY SENDING RAIN. KRISHNA’S ARROWS PREVENT THE WATER REACHING THE GROUND
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VISHNU IN HIS HORSE INCARNATION AS HAYAGRIVAHOLDS THE HEADS OF THE DEMONS MADHU AND KAITABHA.
West lintel of the inner entrance pavilion
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VISHWAROOPA, ANGKOR WAT
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VISHWAROOPA,PRASAT KRAVAN
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MULTI-FACED IMAGES, BAYON, ANGKOR THOM
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WHO IS THE 4-FACED FIGURE OF ANGKOR THOM?
JAYAVARMAN? PROBABLY, IN ORDER TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH…
1. BRAHMA? – Unlikely. No stories or attributes of the Creator are associated with the 4 faces.
2. SHIVA? – Likely, because Bayon was a Shiva temple, but no other Shaivite attributes.
3. BUDDHA – LOKESHVARA? Likely, because Jayavarman became a Buddhist, but no Buddhist attributes.
4. VISHNU? – Most likely, because…
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THE 4-FACES TOP MOUNT MERU, WHICH MAKES UP THE 5 GATES OF ANGKOR THOM. IN THE STORY OF THE SAMUDRA MANTHANA, MERU IS THE CHURNING STICK. IT IS THE STORY OF VISHNU’S KURMA AVATARA
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THE 4-FACED MERU IS FLANKED BY THE DEVAS AND ASURAS PULLING THE 7-HEADED SNAKE ROPE VASUKI
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IN ANGKOR WAT AND ALL RELIEFS OF THE SAMUDRA MANTHANA, VISHNU STANDS ABOVE THE TORTOISE KURMA,
WHO IS THE CHURNING STICK
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4- FACED HEADS MOST LIKELY TO BELONG TO VISHNU
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• ON THE WALLS OF THE BAYON IN ANGKOR THOM, THERE ARE SCENES OF A 4-FACED, MULTI-HEADED VISHNU STEALING THE AMRITA DURING THE SAMUDRA MANTHANA.
• THE CULT OF VISHNU HAD OBVIOUSLY ATTAINED GREAT INFLUENCE THAT KINGS IDENTIFIED WITH HIM.
IN THE WAR WITH BANA, KRISHNA HAS MANY FACES AND HEADS
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• THE MAHABHARATA REACHED ENORMOUS POPULARITY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. IT BECAME LARGER THAN LIFE
• EVEN TODAY, THE CITY CENTRES OF JAKARTA, CAPITAL OF INDONESIA, AND BALI HAVE A HUGE SCULPTURE OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA.
• DANCE, DRAMAS AND PUPPET SHOWS ON THE MAHABHARATA KEEP THE STORY ALIVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR
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ARJUNA VIJAYA - BALI
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ARJUNA VIJAYA - JAKARTA