A Footprint Messenger and the Logic of Love: Śrīkṛṣṇa Sārvabhauma’s Kṛṣṇapadāṅkadūtakāvya

Åsa Maria Buchta

A Footprint Messenger and the Logic of Love: Śrīkṛṣṇa Sārvabhauma’s Kṛṣṇapadāṅkadūtakāvya

Authors

Åsa Maria Buchta

Keywords:

dūtakāvya, Krishna’s footprints, messenger poetry, Sanskrit poetics, devotional longing

Abstract

The article A Footprint Messenger and the Logic of Love by Åsa Maria Buchta analyzes Śrīkṛṣṇa Sārvabhauma’s Sanskrit dūtakāvya, focusing on the poetic use of Krishna’s footprint as a symbol of longing and divine communication. Buchta explores how literary form and emotional intensity converge in this unique expression of devotional yearning.