A. Whitney Sanford is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Florida.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Critical Perspective
The Research Context
The Experience of the Temple
Situated Poetry: Sound Becoming Sight
Plan for the Book: Following the Cycles

1. Paramanand's Poetic World

About Paramanand's Poetry
Paramanand's Poetic Environment
Serving Krishna
Synaesthesia, Metaphor, and Transformation

2. The End of the Night: Poetry, Memory, and Culture

Sayan: While Braj Sleeps
Paramanand's World
Theater of Memory
Mangala-Krishna Rises
Srngar-Ornamentation

3. Krishna's Morning Games: Creating Intimacy through Treachery

Gval-Boyhood Play
The Gopi's Complaints to Yasoda
Mixed Bhavas
Shattered Boundaries and Spilled Milk: Metonymies of Love

4. Afternoon: Experiencing the Food of Love

Rajbhog-A Lunchtime Tryst in the Forest
Mahatmya: Separation during the Afternoon Watch
Public and Private Lila
Utthapan-Avani: Krishna's Arrival in Braj
Exemplars of Bhava: The Cows and the Gopis
Bhog and Sandhyarati-The Connoisseur of Rasa
Eats and Goes to Bed

5. Night: Playing the Game of Love

Sayan Mana-Divine Jealousy
The Sakhi's Counsel to Radha about Her Sulking and Pride
Setting the Stage: A Romantic Evening and the Beauty of the Lovers
The Sakhi's Warning
The Sakhi's Message to Krishna
The Resolution of Mana
Krishna's Mana
The Sakhi in Mana Poems

6. Autumn to Spring: Gopis, Birds, and the Moon

Sarad: The Autumn Full Moon
Hemant: Vows of the Cold Winter
Vasant: Spring and Holi

7. Summer-Seeing Reality: The Synaesthetic Transformation

Grisma: The Hot Season
Vars: The Rainy Season  
Back to the Beginning

Notes
Works Cited
Index