The heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rase Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Purana. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham Scheweig clearly demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story ...
