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  • This takes us back to his biographer Nanda's claim which I quoted earlier, that the roots of Gandhi's politics lay in his religion.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • This takes us back to his biographer Nanda's claim which I quoted earlier, that the roots of Gandhi's politics lay in his religion.

    The Mother’s role in India spanning half a century Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Vasudeva now arrives at Nanda's house where he finds that Yasoda has borne a girl and is in a trance.

    The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

  • He takes the form of Vishnu and commands Vasudeva to bear him to Nanda's house in Gokula and substitute him for the infant daughter who has just been born to Yasoda, Nanda's wife.

    The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

  • He tells him in what manner Balarama and Krishna were born, how Balarama was transferred from Devaki's womb to that of Rohini, and how Krishna was transported to Nanda's house in Gokula.

    The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

  • Krishna's fault that he and Balarama were placed in Nanda's charge.

    The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

  • They debate what to do -- Devaki urging Vasudeva to take the baby to Nanda's house where Rohini, his other wife, is still living and where Yasoda will receive it.

    The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

  • Meeting Krishna outside Brindaban, he falls at his feet, Krishna lifts him up, embraces him and brings him into Nanda's house.

    The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

  • Henry James decided, I suppose, that it was sufficiently implied in the action of his book and needed nothing more; Nanda's little world would be descried behind the scene without any further picturing.

    The Craft of Fiction Percy Lubbock 1922

  • Nanda's world is not the kind of society that can be taken for granted; it is not modernity in general, it is a small and very definite tract.

    The Craft of Fiction Percy Lubbock 1922

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