Narada Purana Pt. 4 (AITM Vol. 18) Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Acknowledgements vii Foreword ix Characters

Acknowledgements vii   Foreword ix   Characters xiii   Act 1   Scene 1 Maharaja Kamsa's Palace--Mathura 3 Scene 2 At the Foot of the Himalayas 11 Scene 3 Prison in Mathura 16 Scene 4 Prison in Mathura 21   Act 2   Scene 1 Nand and Yashoda's Abode-Gokula 27 Scene 2 Nand and Yashoda's Abode-Gokula 33 Scene 3 Nand and Yashoda's Abode-The Courtyard: Gokula 38 Scene 4 Along the Banks of the Yamuna-Vrindavan 45 Scene 5 Nand and Yashoda's Abode-The Courtyard: Vrindavan 52   Act 3   Scene 1 Along the Banks of the Yamuna-Mathura 65 Scene 2 A Street Scene-Mathura 70 Scene 3 Dhanuryajna-The Secred Bow Festival: The Sacrificial Arena 78 Scene 4 The Wrestling Tournament-The Wrestling Arena 83 Scene 5 Prison-Mathura 91   Glossary 99

Some have been ‘beautiful’ as a poem

in the post-Ramanuja period

While translating the text an attempt has been made to keep close to the original and to preserve the spirit of the text without violating the English expression

Narada Purana Pt. 4 (AITM Vol. 18) Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Acknowledgements vii Foreword ix CharactersThis present Volume in the series of Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology. This Volume deals exclusively with the Tantric Ritual connected with the worship of deities. It presents in an elaborate way, the method of worship of the deity, particularly, the mantra, Nyasa, meter, sage, mudra, dhyana, etc. in relation to worship. Though the deity to be worshipped is Pasupati (the lord of Pasus=Jivas, i. e. Lord Siva) emphasis is placed on the worship of