{"product_id":"erotic-poems-from-the-sanskrit-9780231184397","title":"Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassical 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbhinanda \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat’s How I Saw Her\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmaru\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho Needs the Gods?\u003cbr\u003eIn a Hundred Places\u003cbr\u003eA Taste of Ambrosia\u003cbr\u003ePincers\u003cbr\u003eThe Bride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovers’ Quarrel\u003cbr\u003eThe Pledge\u003cbr\u003eA Lover’s Welcome\u003cbr\u003eRegret\u003cbr\u003eStonehearted\u003cbr\u003eFeigning Sleep\u003cbr\u003eRemorse\u003cbr\u003eWalking the Street by Her House\u003cbr\u003eThe Sheets\u003cbr\u003eA Woman Wronged\u003cbr\u003eAubade\u003cbr\u003eLike the Wheels of a Chariot\u003cbr\u003eThe Word\u003cbr\u003eAn Invitation\u003cbr\u003eThe Traveler\u003cbr\u003eThe Devoted Wife\u003cbr\u003eThe Kingdom’s Happiness\u003cbr\u003eHair\u003cbr\u003eWild Nights\u003cbr\u003eThank Offering\u003cbr\u003eAt the Cremation Ground\u003cbr\u003eOn a Rainy Day\u003cbr\u003eWhen Winter Comes\u003cbr\u003eJewels\u003cbr\u003eThe Creaking Bed\u003cbr\u003eShe Protests Too Much\u003cbr\u003eShe Doesn’t Let Go of Her Pride\u003cbr\u003eThe Ways of Love\u003cbr\u003eA Lover’s Word\u003cbr\u003eThe Hawk\u003cbr\u003eA Needle\u003cbr\u003eTime Wasted\u003cbr\u003eThe Scholar’s Life\u003cbr\u003eFoolish Heart\u003cbr\u003eSupreme Bliss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBāṇa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a Corner of the Village Shrine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhartṛhari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWise Men\u003cbr\u003ePoets’ Excesses\u003cbr\u003eThe Love Game\u003cbr\u003eHips\u003cbr\u003eFear of Death\u003cbr\u003eDesire Alone\u003cbr\u003eAdoration of Woman\u003cbr\u003eThe Poet Speaks to the King\u003cbr\u003eContentment\u003cbr\u003eMan’s Life\u003cbr\u003eOld Age\u003cbr\u003eWhite Flag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhāskara II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElementary Arithmetic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhavabhūti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Critic Scorned\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhāvakadevī\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBitter Harvest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhoja\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScrambling Out of the Water\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilhaṇa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBite Marks\u003cbr\u003eIn Life After Life\u003cbr\u003eAll for Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevagupta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrumbeats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDharmakīrti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJagannātha Paṇḍitarāj\u003c\/b\u003ea\u003cbr\u003eIndra’s Heaven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaghanacapal\u003c\/b\u003eā\u003cbr\u003eWife\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKālidāsa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlight of the Deer\u003cbr\u003eSuch Innocent Moves\u003cbr\u003eBlessed Sleep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarṇotpala\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lamp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeśaṭa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Camel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKṣemendra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Eyes on the Door\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKṣitīśa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Red Seal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKumāradāsa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKuṭalā\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurtive Lovemaking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMāgha \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Poetry\u003cbr\u003eScent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahodadhi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStop Being Willful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorikā\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon’t Go\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMurāri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHidden Fingernail Marks\u003cbr\u003eAn Actor in a Farce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRājaputra Parpaṭi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlow Out the Lamp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRājaśekhara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer Face\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudraṭa \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat the Young Wife Said to the Traveler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eŚaraṇa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGirl Drawing Water from a Well\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiddhoka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Empty Road\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eŚīlābhaṭṭārikā\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen and Now\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonnoka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriven by Passion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eŚrīharṣa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Smart Girl\u003cbr\u003eIn Her Direction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVallaṇa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSea of Shame\u003cbr\u003eOn the Grass\u003cbr\u003eThe Essence of Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVarāha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoring Over a Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVidyā\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHollow Pleasures\u003cbr\u003eComplaint\u003cbr\u003eThe Riverbank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVikaṭanitambā \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bed\u003cbr\u003eA Word of Advice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYogeśvara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from Home\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Rains Come\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSources of Poems\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eCredits\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Titles and First Lines\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864258326871,"sku":"9780231184397","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/erotic-poems-from-the-sanskrit-9780231184397","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}