{"product_id":"sanskrit-poetry-from-vidyakaras-treasury-9780674788657","title":"Sanskrit Poetry from Vidyakaras Treasury","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this rich collection of Sanskrit verse, Ingalls provides English readers with a wide variety of poetry from the vast anthology of an 11th-century Buddhist scholar. Although the style of poetry presented here originated at the royal courts, Ingalls shows how it was adapted to aspects of life as diverse as love, sex, heroes, nature, and peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegant and sophisticated poetry…this is a superb work. * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eThese flowering—seemingly easy—translations are delightful to read… ‘Blossoming of Love,’ ‘Love in Enjoyment,’ and a few others, celebrate sex play that is sensuous and ecstatic, yet not lacking artistry and taste… ‘Characterizations,’ ‘Old Age,’ ‘the Hero,’ various gods—on and on, there is an inexhaustible variety of subject, style, and tone… One is particularly grateful to Professor Ingalls for proving that it is delightful poetry even in translation… [He] carefully introduces Sanskrit poetry, as to form, metrics, imagery, poetics in general, so that one guesses the power and elegance possible in a tradition so subtly analyzed by its critics. * Poetry *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Introduction   The Anthology    1.-3. The Buddha and the Bodhisattvas   4.  Siva   5.  Siva's Household   6.  Visnu   7.  The Sun   8.  Spring   9.  Summer   10.  The Rains   11.  Autumn   12.  Early Winter   13.  Late Winter   14.  Kama   15.  Adolescnece   16.  Young Women   17.  The Blossoming of Love   18.  Words of the Female Messenger   19.  Love in Enjoyment   20.  The Evidence of Consummation   21.  The Woman Offended   22.  The Lady Parted from Her Lover   23.  The Lover Separated from His Mistress   24.  The Wanton   25.  The Lady's Expression of Anger at Her Messenger   26.  The Lamp   27.  Sunset   28.  Darkness   29.  The Moon   30.  Dawn   31.  Midday   32.  Fame   33.  Allegorical Epigrams   34.  Breezes   35.  Characterizations   36.  Greatness   37.  Good Men   38.  Villians   39.  Poverty and Misers   40.  Substantiations   41.  Flattery of Kings   42.  Discouragement   43.  Old Age   44.  The Cremation Ground   45.  The Hero   46.  Inscriptional Panegyrics   47.  Mountains   48.  Peace   49. Miscellaneous   50.  Praise of Poets    Appendix: Punning Verses   A  Note on the Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words   References   Index of Authors   General Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865493549399,"sku":"9780674788657","price":28.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sanskrit-poetry-from-vidyakaras-treasury-9780674788657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}