Ravi M. Gupta is associate professor of religious studies at the The College of William and Mary and is the author of The Caitanya Vaisnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami: When Knowledge Meets Devotion. Kenneth R. Valpey is a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and has been a regular visiting scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Preface Introduction. Churning the Ocean of L?l?: Themes for Bhagavata Study Part One: The World of the Bh?gavata 1. Reading: Pur??ic Trekking Along the Path of the Bh?gavatas 2. Time and Narrative: A Ma??ala of Remembrance: The Bh?gavata Pur??a's Time-Transcending Narrative of L?l? 3. Cosmology: Dialogues on Natural Theology: The Bh?gavata Pur??a's Cosmology as Religious Practice 4. Ethics: "May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step": The Bh?gavata's Response to the Problem of Evil 5. Commentary: Vallabha, the Bh?gavata Pur??a, and the Path of Grace 6. Sacred Geography: Vraja-Dh?man: Krishna Embodied in Geographic Place and Transcendent Space 7. Theology: The R?sa L?l? of Krishna and the Gop?s: On the Bh?gavata's Vision of Boundless Love Part Two: The Bh?gavata in the World 8. Boundaries: Heresies and Heretics in the Bh?gavata Pur??a 9. Dance: Krishna Come Soon: Bharata Natyam and the Bh?gavata Pur??a on Stage 10. Song: Two Braj Bh??? Versions of the R?sa L?l? Panc?dhy?y? and Their Musical Performance in Vai??ava Worship 11. Recitation: 12. Text History: Modern Reception and Text Migration of the Bh?gavata Pur??a Bibliography List of Contributors Index

Highly recommended. Choice A much needed analysis of the [Bhagavata Purana] as a whole... a valuable addition to Bhagavata studies. International Journal of Hindu Studies