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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... waterlilies , but old age for the clouds . The rivers , now streaked with wagtails , charm the heart with their sandbanks , rippled at the edges , rising from the gradual lessening of the stream . MANOVINODA 270 The flights of geese ...
... waterlilies , but old age for the clouds . The rivers , now streaked with wagtails , charm the heart with their sandbanks , rippled at the edges , rising from the gradual lessening of the stream . MANOVINODA 270 The flights of geese ...
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... waterlilies , through heaven's court . MURĀRI DHARMAKIRTI 920 As the moon embraces night , her robe descends beneath his fingers soft as waterlilies and delightful from their cooling touch . At her intense delight the nymphs of the ...
... waterlilies , through heaven's court . MURĀRI DHARMAKIRTI 920 As the moon embraces night , her robe descends beneath his fingers soft as waterlilies and delightful from their cooling touch . At her intense delight the nymphs of the ...
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... waterlily . is like the painting of her breast with musk . 942 The moonlight spreads across the sky and multiplies itself in waterlilies ; it lies reflected in the cheeks of women as white as ripened cane ; ŚARVA it blossoms in the ...
... waterlily . is like the painting of her breast with musk . 942 The moonlight spreads across the sky and multiplies itself in waterlilies ; it lies reflected in the cheeks of women as white as ripened cane ; ŚARVA it blossoms in the ...
Contents
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