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 interested in this multifaceted and elegant tradition. |
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... taste from the eleventh century to the twentieth . The cultural historian , if he wants an exact measure of Vidyakara's taste , should consult the unabbreviated work . The process of selection lends point to a question which some ...
... taste from the eleventh century to the twentieth . The cultural historian , if he wants an exact measure of Vidyakara's taste , should consult the unabbreviated work . The process of selection lends point to a question which some ...
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... taste.13 The moods bear names corresponding , with some small but interesting differences , to the names of the ... taste or a bitter taste may lie in a given food or drink . The connoisseur of poetry is also said to have a rasa ( a ...
... taste.13 The moods bear names corresponding , with some small but interesting differences , to the names of the ... taste or a bitter taste may lie in a given food or drink . The connoisseur of poetry is also said to have a rasa ( a ...
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... taste of Indian courtiers and men of letters of a thousand or more years past . Their taste was different from ours , so that the verses will appear to the modern European at one time overartificial and at another offensively precise ...
... taste of Indian courtiers and men of letters of a thousand or more years past . Their taste was different from ours , so that the verses will appear to the modern European at one time overartificial and at another offensively precise ...
Contents
THE ANTHOLOGY | 9 |
13 The Buddha and the Bodhisattvas | 51 |
Śiva | 55 |
Copyright | |
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anthology appear arms authors bear beauty BHARTṚHARI BHAVABHŪTI body breasts brings called century charming cheek close clouds COLLECTION comes critics dance darkness delight described descriptions drops earth effect elephant emotion English epigram example eyes face fall fear fire flame flowers fruit furnish girl give glance gods grow hair half hand head heart HITOPADESA Indian king language leaves limbs literature live looks lotus lover means mistress mood moon mountain nature never night once opening original play poetry poets praise present rain RĀJASEKHARA refer rest rising Sanskrit Sanskrit poetry Section separation Śiva sleep sometimes speak speech spring suggestion sweet taste tears traveler trees turn universe verses virtue wife wind woman women young