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Book SynopsisClassical Sanskrit literature boasts an exquisite canon of poetry devoted to erotic love. Noted translator and scholar R. Parthasarathy curates a selection in a new verse translation that introduces readers to Sanskrit poetry in a modern English vernacular.
Trade ReviewThe book succeeds very well at giving the reader a firm sense of the literary sensibility that informs Sanskrit erotic verse. It has both a breadth of reference and a cosmopolitan spirit. -- Whitney Cox, University of Chicago
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Abhinanda That’s How I Saw Her
AmaruWho Needs the Gods?
In a Hundred Places
A Taste of Ambrosia
Pincers
The Bride
AnonLovers’ Quarrel
The Pledge
A Lover’s Welcome
Regret
Stonehearted
Feigning Sleep
Remorse
Walking the Street by Her House
The Sheets
A Woman Wronged
Aubade
Like the Wheels of a Chariot
The Word
An Invitation
The Traveler
The Devoted Wife
The Kingdom’s Happiness
Hair
Wild Nights
Thank Offering
At the Cremation Ground
On a Rainy Day
When Winter Comes
Jewels
The Creaking Bed
She Protests Too Much
She Doesn’t Let Go of Her Pride
The Ways of Love
A Lover’s Word
The Hawk
A Needle
Time Wasted
The Scholar’s Life
Foolish Heart
Supreme Bliss
BāṇaIn a Corner of the Village Shrine
BhartṛhariWise Men
Poets’ Excesses
The Love Game
Hips
Fear of Death
Desire Alone
Adoration of Woman
The Poet Speaks to the King
Contentment
Man’s Life
Old Age
White Flag
Bhāskara IIElementary Arithmetic
BhavabhūtiThe Critic Scorned
BhāvakadevīBitter Harvest
BhojaScrambling Out of the Water
BilhaṇaBite Marks
In Life After Life
All for Love
DevaguptaDrumbeats
DharmakīrtiThe Way
Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja
Indra’s Heaven
Jaghanacapalā
Wife
KālidāsaFlight of the Deer
Such Innocent Moves
Blessed Sleep
KarṇotpalaThe Lamp
KeśaṭaThe Camel
KṣemendraAll Eyes on the Door
KṣitīśaThe Red Seal
KumāradāsaAlba
KuṭalāFurtive Lovemaking
Māgha The Art of Poetry
Scent
MahodadhiStop Being Willful
MorikāDon’t Go
MurāriHidden Fingernail Marks
An Actor in a Farce
Rājaputra ParpaṭiBlow Out the Lamp
RājaśekharaHer Face
Rudraṭa What the Young Wife Said to the Traveler
ŚaraṇaGirl Drawing Water from a Well
SiddhokaThe Empty Road
ŚīlābhaṭṭārikāThen and Now
SonnokaDriven by Passion
ŚrīharṣaThe Smart Girl
In Her Direction
VallaṇaSea of Shame
On the Grass
The Essence of Poetry
VarāhaPoring Over a Book
VidyāHollow Pleasures
Complaint
The Riverbank
Vikaṭanitambā The Bed
A Word of Advice
YogeśvaraFar from Home
When the Rains Come
Notes
Sources of Poems
Bibliography
Credits
Index of Titles and First Lines
Index
