Radha From Gopi to Goddess

Contents Prathama: As We Begin Harsha V Dehejia 9 Looking for Her in Vrindavana Harsba V Dehejia 15 Meeting Her in Narsinh Mehta's Poetry Jawahar Baxi 23 Chitravali From Gujarat: An Early Gita Govinda Ratan Parimoo 27 Her Footsteps in the Gita Govinda Harsha V Dehejia 37 As Mirror to My Hand: The Poems of Vidyapati Harsba V Dehejia 45 An Absent Presence: In Vrindavana Cynthia Packert 51 Her Presence in Mewar Paintings of Sursagar Rita Sodha 59 The Nathadwara Kalam Sonika Soni 69 The Courtly Nayika of Ritikavya Harsha V Dehejia 75 Enjoying God: The Divine Paramour Makarand R. Paranjape The Doe-eyed Nayika of Kishangarh Harsha V Dehejia 105 Echoes in the Mountains Vijay Sharma 111 Come to the Forest Where the Flowers Are Fragrant Harsha V Dehejia 117 What Truths Are Hidden in This Dream H.S. Shiva Prakash 123 Gavlan: Footprints in Marathi Literature Harsha V Dehejia 129 Her Voice in Medieval Odiya Songs Sunil Kothari 135 Her Resonance in Tantra Rebecca J. Manring 141 Impressions in Terracotta Rasamandala in Bishnupur Pika Ghosh 149 Tagore's Bhanusingher Padavali Reba Som 157 Even Today the Same Flute Plays in Vrindavana Sumanta Banerjee 163 The Heartthrob of Chaitanya Harsha V Dehejia 171 Sensuously Southern Stephen Inglis 177 Her Footprints in Tamil Nadu Nanditha Krishna 181 From Vrindavana to Bollywood Heidi Pauioels 189 Hearing Her in Khayal Bandish Snehal N. Muzoomdar 199 Celebrating Her in Thumri Vidya Rao 205 Her Fragrance in Hindi Poetry Narmada Prasad Upadhyaya 211 The Pot Bearer Panghat Lila Bandeep Singh 217 In Homes and Havelis Harsha V Dehejia 221 Ityadi Etc. Harsha V Dehejia 233 Vidai Harsha V Dehejia 245 Our Authors 249 Index 257