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With a New Preface Kali and Krsna are two of Hinduism's most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. The cruel and terrible Kali is thought to be born of wild, aboriginal roots. She is the goddess of thieves and often associated with human blood sacrifice. Krsna, in contrast, is the divine lover and inimitable prankster who plays a bewitching flute to draw all to him. But Kali and Krsna have much more in common than their contrasting personalities suggest. Kinsley shows that Krsna's flute can be interchangeable with Kali's sword, revealing important perceptions of the divine in the Hindu tradition.
David R. Kinsley is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONPREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITIONINTRODUCTIONPART I. THE FLUTE: KRSNA'S CARNIVAL OFJOYCHAPTER IKrsna and the "Krsnas"The Divine Child: The Spontaneous and Tumultuous Nature of GodKrsna's Sport with Demons: Combat as PlayThe Embodiment of Beauty and GraceThe Call of Krsna's FluteThe Divine LoverCHAPTER IIIntroductionBhakti: From Lord to LoverAnanda: The Inherent Bliss of the DivineLila: The Divine PlayerPART II. THE SWORD: KALI, MISTRESS OF DEATHCHAPTER IIIIntroductionThe Prehistory of KaliKali in the MahiibhiirataKali in the Devi-mahatmyaThe Early History of Kiili in Puriiryic and Dramatic LiteratureKali's Regional DistributionKali's Association with SivaKali and the Tantric HeroKali and Bengali DevotionalismSummaryCHAPTER IVIntroductionKali as MahamayaKali as Prakrti and DukkhaKali as TimeConfrontation and Acceptance of Death: Kali's BoonKali's "Taming"THE SWORD AND THE FLUTE: CONCLUSIONWORKS CITED
