Studies in the Epics and Puranas c12.26

c12.26

Having thus summarized the evidence in brief, let us now turn to the various problems connected with the historicity of Kṛṣṇa. We shall state the problems here, and shall then consider them seriatim. (i) The first point is whether Kṛṣṇa was a human being or a divinity at the beginning. (ii) Next we shall deal with the problem whether there was one Kṛṣṇa or several Kṛṣṇas. (iii) Then will be given the life of Kṛṣṇa collated from all sources. (iv) We shall then fix his period. (v) Finally the various theories regarding the Kṛṣṇa problem will be briefly stated and examined.