How to Cite
Ilanit Loewy Schacham. (2022). Previous Life’s Saṃskāras: Divine and Human agency in Kṛṣṇadevarāya’s Retelling of the Story of Āṇṭāḷ: Journal of Vaishnava Studies. Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 22(2), 107–127. Retrieved from https://ivsjournal.com/index.php/jvs/article/view/311
Abstract
In the preamble of the Āmuktamālyada (Giver of the Worn Garland), the author, Vijayanagara’s most celebrated monarch, Kṛṣṇadevarāya (r.1509-1529), narrates that on his way to conquer the Kaliṅga territory, he had a dream in which the god Āndhra Viṣṇu appeared to him.1 Āndhra Viṣṇu begins by complimenting Kṛṣṇadevarāya’s literary achievements in Sanskrit and then proceeds to request that Kṛṣṇadevarāya compose a work for him in Telugu.
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