{"product_id":"in-the-service-of-krishna-emilia-bachrach-9789385360558","title":"In the Service of Krishna: Illustrating the Lives of Eighty-Four Vaishnavas from a 1702 Manuscript","description":"The Pushtimarg, or the Path of Grace, is a Hindu tradition whose ritual worship of the deity Krishna has developed in close relationship to a distinct genre of early-modern Hindi prose hagiography. This volume introduces readers to the most popular hagiographic text of the Pushtimarg - the Chaurasi Vaishnavan ki Varta, or 'Narratives of Eighty-Four Vaishnavas', which tells the sacred life stories of the community's first preceptor Vallabhacharya (1497-1531) and his most beloved disciples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the core of these narratives are descriptions of how Vallabhacharya's disciples cultivated intimate relationships with Lord Krishna through ritual performances known as seva, or loving service. Despite the widespread practice of illustrating seva through painting, these narratives, which showcase everyday men and women, have rarely been visually depicted. This book focuses on the only extant Chaurasi Vaishnavan ki Varta manuscript dated to the beginning of the 18th century, now in artist Amit Ambalal's collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume will appeal to scholars and students of Indian art and literature, to those who have grown up in the Pushtimarg tradition, and more broadly to those with an appreciation for the distinct ways in which pictures can tell stories that unite the everyday with intimate experiences of the Divine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContents: \u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Amit Ambalal; Introduction; The Pushtimarg and its Devotional Aesthetics; The Chaurasi Vaishnavan ki Varta; The Illustrated Manuscript from the Amit Ambalal Collection; Pictures that Tell Stories; Select Varta Prasangs and Illustrations; Illustrated Index of the 1702 Manuscript.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emilia Bachrach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9385360558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789385360558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mapin Publishing Pvt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.50h x 8.70w x 0.80d","brand":"Emilia Bachrach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520672973055,"sku":"9789385360558","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_143d3367-587f-4ba0-8523-b003e13734aa.jpg?v=1762886452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-service-of-krishna-emilia-bachrach-9789385360558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}