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A Poem. By KALIDASA Translated from the Sanskrit into English Verse by Ralph
T. H. Griffith, M.A. "A very spirited rendering of the Kumarasambhava, which was
first published twenty-six years ago, and which we are glad to see made once ...
A Poem. By KALIDASA Translated from the Sanskrit into English Verse by Ralph
T. H. Griffith, M.A. "A very spirited rendering of the Kumarasambhava, which was
first published twenty-six years ago, and which we are glad to see made once ...
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Mr. Arnold will have introduced it among popular English poems. Nothing could
bo more graceful and delicate than the shades by which Krishna is portrayed in
the gradual process of being weaned by the love of ' Beautiful Radha, jasmine- ...
Mr. Arnold will have introduced it among popular English poems. Nothing could
bo more graceful and delicate than the shades by which Krishna is portrayed in
the gradual process of being weaned by the love of ' Beautiful Radha, jasmine- ...
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A Poem by J AMI. Translated from the Persian into English Verse. By RALPH
T. H. GRIFFITH. " Mr. Griffith, who has done already good service as translator
into verse- from the Sanskrit, has done further good work in this translation from
the ...
A Poem by J AMI. Translated from the Persian into English Verse. By RALPH
T. H. GRIFFITH. " Mr. Griffith, who has done already good service as translator
into verse- from the Sanskrit, has done further good work in this translation from
the ...
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The Vedic hymns have preserved the myths in their primitive forms, and, says
Max Muller, " Nowhere is the wide distance which separates the ancient poems
of India from the most ancient literature of Greece more clearly felt than when we
...
The Vedic hymns have preserved the myths in their primitive forms, and, says
Max Muller, " Nowhere is the wide distance which separates the ancient poems
of India from the most ancient literature of Greece more clearly felt than when we
...
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The Ramayana and Mahabharata are poems of the heroic age, and though they
are full of marvels, they deal more with the actions of mortal men and romantic
creations than the might and majesty of the gods. The old deities of the Vedas ...
The Ramayana and Mahabharata are poems of the heroic age, and though they
are full of marvels, they deal more with the actions of mortal men and romantic
creations than the might and majesty of the gods. The old deities of the Vedas ...
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| Title | A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature Volume 6 of Trübner's oriental series |
| Author | John Dowson |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1879 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 411 pages |
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