Foreword
Abbreviations
PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES
1. Traditional Epics
2. Three Krsnas: Variations on a Theme
PART TWO: BEFORE THE WAR
3. The Marriage of Draupadi
4. Krishna's Absence from the Dice Game and the Disrobing of Draupadi
5. Kirshna and Odinn: Interventions
6. Two Theophanies, Three Steps
PART THREE: WORLD SOVEREIGNTY
7. Sri and the Source of Sovereignty
8. The Royal Virtues
9. Sins of the Sovereign
10. The Deaths of the Four Marshals
11. Absolutions
PART FOUR: THE END OF AN AGE
12. Epic Eschatology
13. "Renaissance"
14. Conclusions
Appendix: Genealogical Table
Index