Table of Contents

Foreword; Multiplicity & Grandeur; An Introduction to Vishnu; Becoming Vishnu; Srinivasanvishnu's Manifestations in the Tamil Country; Networks of Devotion; The Art & Practice of Vaishnavism in Western India; The Image of Vishnu; Attributes; The Consorts of Vishnu & Female Forms of Vishnu; Garuda; Legends of Vishnu; The Avatars of Vishnu; The Matsya Avatar; The Kurma Avatar; The Varaha Avatar; The Narasimha Avatar; The Vamana Avatar; The Parashurama Avatar; The Rama Avatar; Hanuman; Krishna as Avatar & God; The Balarama Avatar; The Buddha Avatar; The Kalki Avatar; Multifaced Vishnu Images; The Worship of Vishnu; Glossary; Index.

About the Author

Phyllis Granoff is a specialist in Indian religions and currently the Lex Hixon Professor of World Religions at Yale University. John E Cort is Professor of Asian and Comparative Religions at Denison University. Robert J Del Bonta is an independent scholar of South Asian art and culture and is associated with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Paul Dundas is Reader in Sanskrit and Head of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Julia A B Hegewald is Reader in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Manchester. Padmanabh S Jaini has taught at Banaras Hindu University and University of California at Berkeley. Kim Plofker is Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Union College, NewYork. Sonya Rhie Quintanilla is the Curator of Asian Art at the San Diego Museum of Art.