Acting as a Way of Salvation PRODDU Santiniketan Nor will they be surprised

Nor will they be surprised at occasional inequalities of execution in a work representing efforts spread over numerous years

is the rule

with emphasis that Visnu should be worshipped not by meditation but by doing pious acts

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

Acting as a Way of Salvation PRODDU Santiniketan Nor will they be surprised6th 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