Sanskrit Poetry, from Vidyākara's TreasuryIn this rich collection of Sanskrit verse, the late Daniel Ingalls provides English readers with a wide variety of poetry from the vast anthology of an eleventh-century Buddhist scholar. Although the style of poetry presented here originated in royal courts, Ingalls shows how it was adapted to all aspects of life, and came to address issues as diverse as love, sex, heroes, nature and peace. More than thirty years after its original publication, "Sanskrit Poetry" continues to be the main resource for all interseted in this multifaceted and elegant tradition. |
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... poets seek to achieve suggestion , to force a larger content into their miniature mold . For example our verse 36217 describes a young girl as she is just growing conscious of her beauty . The verse does not state explicitly that the ...
... poets seek to achieve suggestion , to force a larger content into their miniature mold . For example our verse 36217 describes a young girl as she is just growing conscious of her beauty . The verse does not state explicitly that the ...
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... poets were the clients of kings and of the rich . In itself this makes them neither bad poets nor good . It is a preposterous theory that would make Mozart a decadent and Elvis Presley a genius by reference to the economic history of ...
... poets were the clients of kings and of the rich . In itself this makes them neither bad poets nor good . It is a preposterous theory that would make Mozart a decadent and Elvis Presley a genius by reference to the economic history of ...
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... poet of the Pāla dynasty . Yogeśvara belongs to the eighth century , Abhinanda to the ninth ; both poets were Ben- galis , at least in that larger sense of Bengal that includes the Pāla domains in Bihar . Other poets writing in the same ...
... poet of the Pāla dynasty . Yogeśvara belongs to the eighth century , Abhinanda to the ninth ; both poets were Ben- galis , at least in that larger sense of Bengal that includes the Pāla domains in Bihar . Other poets writing in the same ...
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THE ANTHOLOGY | 9 |
13 The Buddha and the Bodhisattvas | 51 |
Śiva | 55 |
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ABHINANDA ACALA allegorical epigram AMARU COLLECTION anger anthologist anthology arms aśoka beauty bees BHARTṚHARI BHARTṚHARI COLLECTION BHAVABHŪTI blossoming body Brahmā breasts buds century charming cheek clouds cuckoo D. D. Kosambi dance darkness delight demon Dharmakirti earth elephant emotion English epigram erotic example eyes face fire flame flowers furnish Gaṇeśa Ganges girl glance gods grow hair hand head heart heaven Himalaya Hinduism HITOPADESA Indian Intr jasmine Kālidāsa Kāma kāvya king leaves limbs lotus Love's lover Mahabharata mistress mood moon moonlight mountain MURĀRI nature necklace night ocean ornament Pāla PAÑCATANTRA play poets praise present section Purāņa rain RĀJASEKHARA Rāma Rāmāyaṇa Rāvaṇa rays refer Rigveda sandalwood Sanskrit literature Sanskrit poetry SILHANA COLLECTION Sītā Śiva Śiva's sleep speak Śrī suggestion sweet taste tears trees trembling turn VALLANA VASUKALPA verses Vidyākara Vindhyas virtue Vişņu waterlilies wife wind woman women words YOGESVARA