The History of Indian Literature c8.177

c8.177

⁶⁸ By what circumstances the elevation of Kṛishṇa to the rank of deity was brought about is as yet obscure; though unquestionably mythical relations to Indra, &c., are at the root of it; see *I. St.*, xiii. 349, ff. The whole question, however, is altogether vague. Kṛishṇa-worship proper, *i.e.*, the sectarian worship of Kṛishṇa as the one God, probably attained its perfection through the influence of Christianity. See my paper, *Kṛishṇa's Geburtsfest*, p. 316, ff. (where also are further particulars as to the name Devakí).