But the underlying idea is one of seduction — to break the resolve of the hermit…
There are many words for sage in India: rishi, brahmin, yogi, sadhu, siddha, yati, kavi, sant, muni, shraman, tapasvi, guru, mahant, buddha, arhat, tirthankar, jina. But they really mean very different things…
The similarity between the apparently dissimiliar Bhagavata Krishna and the Mahabharata Krishna…