> > According to Capeller(sp?), the nominative dual form > > from kRSNa (kRSNau: two Krishnas) refers to Krishna > > and Arjuna. > t3rinity wrote: > Thats interesting and funny at the same time: According to > Achinthya Bedabeda of Chaitanya (the philosophy behind the > Hare Krishnas) Krishna is as well the name of the highest > God, of whom Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are only (Yuga-)Avatars, > and at the same time he is the special Avatar (of Vishnu) > who instructed Arjuna in the Gita, one of the Dasavataras. > They actually speak of two Krishnas, > Actually, Achinthya Bedabeda of Chaitanya speaks of three Krishnas: there is the baby Krishna, son of Vasudeva and Devaki, the warrior Krishna, of the Bhagavad Gita, and the Krishna of Brindaban, the lover of Radha.
> but of course its all one. > Not really. Achinthya Bedabeda philosophy of Chaitanya is a quasi-dualistic tradition - there are many declensions of Vishnu.
